The Other Oscar

This year’s Oscar(tm) Awards will be announced today, but you won’t hear about a movie Oscar of yesteryear, Oscar Micheaux. He’s one of the pioneering filmmakers of African-American cinema whose work will be digitally remastered by Kino Lorber. See the promo below and read about the Kickstarter project here.

Project: Pioneers of African-American Cinema (Kino Lorber)

Curators: Charles Musser and Jacqueline Najuma Stewart, and
Executive Producer: Paul Miller (DJ Spooky)
Producer: Bret Wood
Restoration Consultant: S. Torriano Berry

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Short link: http://wp.me/p6sb6-kWm

Image by Mike Licht. Download a copy here. Creative Commons license; credit Mike Licht, NotionsCapital.com

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