Within Our Gates (1920)

Starring:

• Evelyn Preer 
• Flo Clements 
• James D. Ruffin
• William Smith
• Jack Chenault 
• Charles D. Lucas 
• Bernice Ladd 
• Mrs. Evelyn 
• William Starks 
• Mattie Edwards 
• Ralph Johnson 
• E.G. Tatum 

Storyline
In this early silent film from pioneering director Oscar Micheaux, kindly Sylvia Landry (Evelyn Preer) takes a fundraising trip to Boston in hopes of collecting $5,000 to keep a Southern school for impoverished black children open to the public. She then meets the warmhearted Dr. Vivian (Charles D. Lucas), who falls in love with Sylvia and travels with her back to the South. There, Dr. Vivian learns about Sylvia's shocking, tragic past and realizes that racism has changed her life forever.