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TEN MINUTES TO LIVE
U.S., 1932
Written and directed by Oscar Micheaux
Starring Lawrence Chenault, A. B. DeComathiere, Laura Bowman, Willor Lee Guilford
Cinematography by Lester Lang
Approx. 58 min. DCP.
In Club Libya, a Harlem cabaret modeled on the Cotton Club, movie producer Gary Martin (Lawrence Chenault) scouts for talent for his new film and has difficulty choosing between two talented singers, both named Ida. Meanwhile, club patron Anthony (A. B. DeComathiere) gets engaged to Letha Watkins (Willor Lee Guilford), whose secret past re-emerges when she receives a note announcing that she has only 10 minutes to live. Based on Micheaux’s own unpublished short stories.