{"product_id":"oscar-micheaux-the-great-and-only-the-life-of-americas-first-black-filmmaker-0060731400","title":"Oscar Micheaux: The Great and Only: The Life of America's First Black Filmmaker","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eISBN:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0060731400\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/strong\u003e McGilligan, Patrick\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCondition:\u003c\/strong\u003e New\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOscar Micheaux was the Jackie Robinson of film, the black D. W. Griffith-a bigger-than-life American folk hero whose important life story has been nearly forgotten today. The son of freed slaves, he roamed America as a Pullman porter before making his first mark as a homesteader in South Dakota-and going on from there to become the king of the \"race cinema\" industry, producing and\/or directing nearly forty films during a time of Jim Crow segregation when African-American artists were not welcome in Hollywood.In this groundbreaking new biography, award-winning film historian Patrick McGilligan offers a vivid and fascinating portrait of a true pioneer of American culture who was equal parts visionary, hustler, huckster, innovator, and raffish Barnum-like showman-and the first great African-American filmmaker.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Mia Karts","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51675288633632,"sku":"NEW0060731400","price":16.18,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0980\/7426\/3840\/files\/61aV7L_Wi6L.jpg?v=1779209634","url":"https:\/\/miakarts.com\/products\/oscar-micheaux-the-great-and-only-the-life-of-americas-first-black-filmmaker-0060731400","provider":"Miakarts Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}