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THE EXILE

U.S., 1932
Written and directed by Oscar Micheaux
Starring Eunice Brooks, Stanley Morrell, Celeste Cole, Carl Mahon
Choreography by Leonard Harper
Approx. 93 min. DCP.


Micheaux’s earliest surviving sound feature, adapted from his 1913 novel The Conquest. Tells the story of a young African American man who migrates from Chicago to South Dakota and falls in love with a woman on the other side of the color line. 

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