Directed by James Gist and Eloyce Gist • 1935 • United States
Presented here are the only identified fragments of James and Eloyce Gist’s little-known follow-up to HELL-BOUND TRAIN: HEAVEN-BOUND TRAVELERS. A man wrongfully accuses his wife (Eloyce Gist) of adultery and banishes her (and their daughter) from his house. But as the weeks pass, he struggles with his own faith and ultimately finds an opportunity for redemption.
Up Next in Part 2: Shorts and rarities
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The Darktown Revue
Directed by Oscar Micheaux • 1931 • United States
Starring Tim Moore, Andrew Trible, Amon DavisAs a filmmaker, Oscar Micheaux was something of a firebrand, but his attitudes and methods were anything but predictable—often leveling criticism at certain strata of the African American community. H...
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Hot Biskits
Directed by Spencer Williams • 1931 • United States
Starring Thurston Briggs, Spencer WilliamsVirtually unseen for more than eighty years, Spencer Williams’s first film is a one-reel comedy short in which a rivalry between two men is played out in a high-stakes game of mini golf.
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We Work Again
Director Unknown • 1937 • United States
The role of African Americans in the recovery years of the Great Depression is the subject of this informational short, which offers an idealized depiction of life in a segregated society. The highlight, by far, is rare footage of Orson Welles’s “Voodoo Ma...
