Cannes Classics restorations: OSCAR MICHEAUX – THE SUPERHERO OF BLACK FILMMAKING

Italy's “Il Cinema Ritrovato’s” labs were involved in the restoration of some of the films at Cannes Classics such as the films of Oscar Micheaux, the most successful African-American filmmaker of the first half of the 20th century. 

Other restored films at Cannes Classics:

https://ace-film.eu/ace-members-at-cannes-classics-2021/

A new outstanding documentary was shown during the screening of Murder in Harlem (1935) that put his work in context:  OSCAR MICHEAUX – THE SUPERHERO OF BLACK FILMMAKING by FRANCESCO ZIPPEL. 

https://www.festival-cannes.com/en/films/oscar-micheaux-the-superhero-o….

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