<I>The Homesteader</I>

Oscar Micheaux, American, 1884 - 1951 · 1917

Oscar Micheaux was the most successful black independent filmmaker of the race movie era. Between 1919 and 1948 he wrote, directed, and produced approximately 40 films. Micheaux’s first film, The Homesteader, was an adaptation of his 1917 autobiographical novel about his experiences as a homesteader in South Dakota.