Oscar Micheaux

Oscar Micheaux was born in 1884 and died in 1951. He was a successful filmmaker and a novelist. He organized a film corporation in 1918, where he made more than 35 films. The organization was called the Micheaux Film Corporation. It was known because it was the longest and made the most films for a film organization. Oscar made his last film in 1948 called "The Betrayal." It was about a black homesteader from South Dakota whom fell in love with a white woman. Since 1919, Oscar Micheaux has produced, written, and edited more forty-five films. …