American Experience
Season 7 Episode 6 - Midnight Ramble
The little-known story of a black independent film industry that thrived outside of Hollywood and produced close to 500 feature movies for African American audiences between 1910 and 1940. Many race movies tackled some of the difficult social issues that confronted black urban society: alcoholism, crime, morality, class conflict, even racism and lynching, setting the stage for today's independent black cinema movement.
Episodes in Season 7
FDR (1): The Center of the World (1882-1921)
55 min
FDR (2): Fear Itself (1922-1933)
55 min
FDR (3): The Grandest Job in the World (1933-1940)
55 min
FDR (4): The Juggler (1940-1945)
55 min
Telegrams from the Dead
55 min
Midnight Ramble
55 min
Battle of the Bulge
55 min
One Woman, One Vote (1)
55 min
One Woman, One Vote (2)
55 min
The Way West (1): Westward, the Course of Empire Takes Its Way (1845-1864)
55 min
The Way West (2): The Approach of Civilization (1865-1869)
55 min
The Way West (3): The War for the Black Hills (1870-1876)
55 min
The Way West (4): Ghost Dance (1877-1893)
55 min