Homesteader-cum-author Oscar Micheaux (1884–1951) was one of the earliest and most prolific African-American auteurs, but far more momentous were both the dignified, stereotype-refuting doctrine of his oeuvre and the frustrating truth that many of his race films are lost and barely remembered today. Lincoln Center's "Faded Glory" retrospective impressively wrangles 35 rediscoveries and restorations from this revolutionary and his neglected contemporaries,... More >>>