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oct 15, 1931 - First feature film made by African- American filmmaker

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African-American filmmaker Oscar Micheaux's The Exile (1931) was the first feature-length sound film from a black director - it was advertised as the first Black American 'talkie'.

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oct 15, 1931
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~ 94 years ago