The Department of Afro American Research, Arts, and Culture's Archive is a subdivision of DAARAC that digitally preserves Afro American films. On this website, you may browse our archive that consists of film posters, screenshots, and movie synopsis. All information provided here is for research and reference purposes. We do not host full-length films on this website.
Storyline An idealistic young man attempts to establish a school in a rural location, but encounters opposition from both the black and white communities. Micheaux himself was a former homesteader, and strongly believed that African Americans should establish rural communities rather than follow the urban migration. But it's hard to resist the allure of the city when Micheaux allows energetic singers and dancers to take the nightclub stage for extended musical numbers. Birthright is a remake of Micheaux's 1924 film of the same title. The earlier version is entirely lost.
Storyline Starring Howard E. Rollins, Jr. (A Soldier's Story) as civil right activist Medgar Evers and Irene Cara (Aaron Love Angela) as his wife Myrlie, For Us The Living: The Medgar Evers Story
traces the life of the former insurance salesman turned field secretary
for the NAACP, who was instrumental in organizing boycotts against
discriminating southern white merchants and the desegregation of the
University of Mississippi. Howard E. Rollins, Jr.’s riveting performance
as Evers makes all the more poignant his struggles and triumphs, and
the battle for equality that would shockingly end with his assassination
at the hand of white supremacist Byron De La Beckwith.
