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Summary |
Previously screened at the Film Center as a part of Pioneers of African American Cinema.
Based on Micheaux’s novel, The Conquest, a young man named Jean in post-World War I Chicago falls in love with a beautiful girl named Edith. He proposes to her, but realizes she’s involved in the rackets and won’t leave. He later leaves her to head home in South Dakota where he becomes a successful rancher and falls in love with a white girl, but guilt from Chicago drives him back. He later runs into Edith again and re-sparks their relationship, leading to a murder case where Jean is blamed. |
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