Image Credit: Star Film Company ... to assume that the silent era catered just to white creators. However, many Black filmmakers worked in the 1910s and 20s, none more famous than Oscar Micheaux.

The story follows the relationship between a silent film star (Jean Dujardin) and a young actor (Bérénice Bejo) as “talkies” begin to take over the industry in the late 1920s. The film was ...

Excitement over discovering the very old movie soon led to the harsh reality that someone would actually have to watch it.