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Birthright 1938 Directed by Oscar Micheaux

A story of the negro —and the South

After graduating from Harvard University, Peter Siner returns to his small Tennessee hometown, where he hopes to start a school for black children.

Country USA
Production Country USA
Language English
Spoken Language English
Gnere Drama
Production Company Micheaux Picture Corporation
Release Date 1 January 1938
74 mins
Cast
Carman Newsome
Carman Newsome Peter Siner
Ethel Moses
Ethel Moses Cissie
Alec Lovejoy
Alec Lovejoy Tump Pack
Hazel Diaz
Hazel Diaz Ida May
Trixie Smith
Trixie Smith
W. Herbert Jelley
W. Herbert Jelley
Ida Forsyne
Ida Forsyne
John Ward
John Ward
C. R. Chase
C. R. Chase
Alice B. Russell
Alice B. Russell
H. E. Knight
H. E. Knight
George Lessey
George Lessey
Columbus Jackson
Columbus Jackson
Harry Moses
Harry Moses
Tom Dillon
Tom Dillon
Allen Lee
Allen Lee
Robert Alderdice
Robert Alderdice
Cherokee Thornton
Cherokee Thornton The Persimmon
Crew
Director
Oscar Micheaux
Oscar Micheaux
Writer
Oscar Micheaux
Oscar Micheaux
Producers
Alice B. Russell
Alice B. Russell
Oscar Micheaux
Oscar Micheaux
Cinematography
Robert J. Marshall
Robert J. Marshall
Sound
George Wicker
George Wicker
Original Writer
Thomas Sigismund Stribling
Thomas Sigismund Stribling