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Within Our Gates
(1920)
on

2001 The Library of Congress / Smithsonian Video edition

Within Our Gates (1920), black & white, ? minutes, not rated.

The Library of Congress / Smithsonian Video, distributed by Image Entertainment,
ID9807UMDVD, UPC 0-14381-98072-1.
Full-frame 4:3 NTSC, three single-sided, dual-layered DVD discs, Region 1, ? Mbps average video bit rate, ? kbps audio bit rate, Dolby Digital 2.0 stereo and mono sound, English language intertitles, no foreign language subtitles, chapter stops, three cardboard wrapped plastic trays in cardboard slipcase?, $79.99.
DVD release date: 13 March 2001.
Country of origin: USA

This 34-film collection, now regretably out-of-print, contains the best available version of Within Our Gates, transferred from a 35mm print. It is this version that we recommend.

USA: Click the logomark at right to purchase
a Region 1 NTSC DVD of this edition from Amazon.com.

Canada: Click the logomark at right to purchase
a Region 1 NTSC DVD of this edition from Amazon.ca.

2007 Grapevine Video edition

Within Our Gates (1920), black & white, 78 minutes, not rated.

Grapevine Video, no catalog number, unknown UPC number.
Full-frame 1.33:1 NTSC, one single-sided, single-layered DVD-R disc, Region 0, ? Mbps average video bit rate, ? kbps audio bit rate, PCM 2.0 mono sound, English language intertitles, no foreign language subtitles, chapter stops, keep case, $14.95.
DVD release date: April 2007.
Country of origin: USA

This budget edition has likely been mastered from a 16mm reduction print.

This Region 0 NTSC DVD-R disc is available directly from Grapevine Video.

Other silent era AFRICAN-AMERICAN PRODUCTIONS available on DVD home video.

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