Within Our Gates

Within Our Gates

Oscar Micheaux • United States • 1920

Oscar Micheaux's unflinching portrayal of racial violence.

During her attempts to secure funding for an impoverished school serving the black community, an idealistic young teacher confronts her traumatic past, including the lynching of her parents by a white mob. Still startling for Micheaux's unflinching portrayal of racial violence and fearlessness in depicting taboo subject matter, WITHIN OUR GATES remains as powerful as it was a century ago.

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Within Our Gates
  • Within Our Gates

    Oscar Micheaux • United States • 1920

    An unflinching portrayal of racial violence.

    During her attempts to secure funding for an impoverished school serving the black community, an idealistic young teacher confronts her traumatic past, including the lynching of her parents by a white mob. Still ...