Micheaux Film Corporation founded (1918)

CTL-E-4563 · Event · founding · 1918

VERIFIED evidence grade of this record

Oscar Micheaux sets up the Micheaux Film Corporation in Chicago in 1918; between then and 1940 he makes forty-four movies, most now lost.

Notes

RELP105 supporting event entity; events.json CTL-EVT-023301.

Referenced by

Oscar Micheaux — initiated → this record

Sources

Friends of Historic Preservation, 'Oscar Micheaux: The Superhero of Black Filmmakers'. http://friendsofhpph.org/2022/03/27/oscar-micheaux-the-superhero-of-black-filmmakers/

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