The Homesteader
(1919) American
B&W : [?] Seven or Eight? reels
Directed by [?] Oscar Micheaux and/or Jerry Mills?

Cast: Charles D. Lucas [Jean Baptiste], Evelyn Preer [Orlean], Iris Hall [Agnes Stewart], Inez Smith [Ethel], Vernon S. Duncan [N. Justine McCarthy], Charles S. Moore [Jack Stewart], Trevy Woods [Glavis], William George

Micheaux Book and Film Company [Western Book Supply Company] production. / Produced by Oscar Micheaux. Scenario by Oscar Micheaux, from the novel The Homesteader by Oscar Micheaux. / Released [?] March or April? 1919. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.37:1 format. / Micheaux’s first film production was the first feature-length race film.

Drama.

Synopsis: Synopsis available in AFI-F1 n. F1.2021.

Survival Status: (unknown)

Keywords: African-Americans - Death: Suicide - Families: Father-daughter relationships - Homesteaders - Marriage - Race film - USA: South Dakota

Listing updated: 15 November 2004.

References: AFI-F1 n. F1.2021 : Documentary-Cram.