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Synopsis: The is one of the first
all-African American feature films ever made and was King Vidor's
first "talkie." This film is about Zeke (Daniel L. Haynes)
a naive cotton farmer who is in love with Missy Rose (Victoria
Spivey) but falls into the net of very corrupt pretty hoochie
dancer (Nina Mae McKinney) in a rigged craps game while already
traveling a rocky road from sin to redemption. The movie portrays
the wrenching poverty and backbreaking labor of the life of a
sharecropper, and a loving mother who never gives up hope for
her wayward son as well as the faith to survive it all. This film
is a well done for the time and is a provocative movie on faith
and religion. This film was shot on location in Tennessee and
shows much of the real thing in those days such as the Holy Roller
meetings, a wake, cabarets, Juke Joints and various Plantation
scenes. This is an excellent film for those who enjoy old movies
or History of any kind. It was so good this film was nominated
for an Oscar Award.
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There are some superb dance routines such as the short Sand Soft
Shoe
number and the Charleston.
Scenes portraying the African-American church with its unique
praise and the importance of dance and song. |
