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God's Step Children
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God's Step Children 1938 Directed by Oscar Micheaux

Naomi, a light-skinned Black child, is abandoned by her mother and raised by the virtuous Mrs. Saunders. When the girl's fixation with whiteness turns her against her own race, she is sent to a convent. Hopelessly in love with her adoptive brother Jimmie, Naomi consents to marry his friend, but is repulsed by his darker skin and unrefined ways.

Country USA
Production Country USA
Language English
Spoken Language English
Gnere Drama
Production Company Micheaux Picture Corporation
Release Date 1 January 1938
70 mins
Cast
Jacqueline Lewis
Jacqueline Lewis Young Naomi
Ethel Moses
Ethel Moses Mrs. Cushinberry / Eva
Alice B. Russell
Alice B. Russell Mrs. Saunders
Trixie Smith
Trixie Smith A Visitor
Charles Thompson
Charles Thompson Young Jimmie
Carman Newsome
Carman Newsome Adult Jimmie
Gloria Press
Gloria Press Adult Naomi
Alec Lovejoy
Alec Lovejoy Ontrue Cowper
Columbus Jackson
Columbus Jackson Cowper's Associate
Laura Bowman
Laura Bowman Aunt Carrie
Sam Patterson
Sam Patterson Banker
Charles R. Moore
Charles R. Moore School Superintent
Consuela Harris
Consuela Harris Muscle Dancer (Consuelo Harris)
Sammy Gardiner
Sammy Gardiner Tap Dancer
Leon Gross
Leon Gross Orchestra Leader
Dorothy Van Engle
Dorothy Van Engle Naomi's Mother
Cherokee Thornton
Cherokee Thornton Clyde Wade
Crew
Director
Oscar Micheaux
Oscar Micheaux
Writer
Oscar Micheaux
Oscar Micheaux
Producer
Oscar Micheaux
Oscar Micheaux
Cinematography
Lester Lang
Lester Lang
Editors
Patricia Rooney
Patricia Rooney
Leonard Weiss
Leonard Weiss