Within Our Gates (1920) - User Reviews - Page 1 of 2

1-20 of 30 Reviews

Sort by:

Review of Within Our Gates (1920)

By David L (3,419) on 25 Dec 2018

Within Our Gates is interestingly directed by Oscar Micheaux due to quick editing, the use of a lot of intertitles and a very urgent tone to…

Read Review

Review of Within Our Gates (1920)

By Scott R (2,451) on 11 Feb 2018

The oldest surviving film written and directed by a black man…

Read Review

Review of Within Our Gates (1920)

By Wezul S (323) on 15 Feb 2017

The film historian in me greatly appreciates the importance of this one, but this Micheaux cat is no D.W. Griffith…

Read Review

Review of Within Our Gates (1920)

By Byron B (1,084) on 07 Dec 2016

Oscar Micheaux is a pioneering African American filmmaker. He was also a novelist…

Read Review

Review of Within Our Gates (1920)

By George I (269) on 26 Jul 2016

Fascinating, though disjointed, and abrupt of ending. Micheaux is a much better filmmaker than historians have given him credit for…

Read Review

Review of Within Our Gates (1920)

By Greg W (4,011) on 09 May 2016

Incredibly honorable for its stance for African Americans in its time, though it can be extremely on-the-nose with it…

Read Review

Review of Within Our Gates (1920)

By Antonius B (353) on 14 Apr 2016

Thought to have vanished until a single Spanish copy was found in the 1970's, it's a miracle this movie still exists, and it's the oldest surviving…

Read Review

Review of Within Our Gates (1920)

By Bheema D (235) on 03 May 2015

Outstanding. Great response to Griffith, even more compelling in my own opinion…

Read Review

Review of Within Our Gates (1920)

By Charles P (1,784) on 14 Jun 2014

The arrangement of the storyline is rather choppy, but director Oscar Micheaux employs sinuous pieces and watchful direction to intensify feelings…

Read Review

Review of Within Our Gates (1920)

By Joel A (1,152) on 12 Jul 2013

This film is the first example of an African American feature filmmaking and this was considered lost & miraculously was found in Spain a few…

Read Review

Review of Within Our Gates (1920)

By Alyan H (203) on 02 Jul 2013

It was ok. Nothing of great signifigance except directed by.the first black man…

Read Review

Review of Within Our Gates (1920)

By Rob W (461) on 24 Jul 2012

I wish it had music. Otherwise a rather impressive film for its time…

Read Review

Review of Within Our Gates (1920)

By Jim C (861) on 02 Nov 2011

The earliest known film by an African American director (Oscar Micheaux) this silent film rightly takes its place in history as an important…

Read Review

Review of Within Our Gates (1920)

By Jonathan P (1,108) on 08 May 2011

If you throw away the fact that this is the oldest surviving film directed by an African American than you are left with just your run of the…

Read Review

Review of Within Our Gates (1920)

By Greg M (387) on 03 Feb 2011

Oscar Micheaux's 1919 film, the oldest surviving film by an African-American director, is a dramatic tale of U.S…

Read Review

Review of Within Our Gates (1920)

By Bob V (268) on 29 Jan 2011

Another important milestone of Cinema, Within Our Gates is the earliest remaining work by an African American director, with a mainly African…

Read Review

Review of Within Our Gates (1920)

By Luc L (823) on 03 Jul 2010

Good film, and an important piece of culture as the first surviving film directed and acted with African-Americans…

Read Review

Review of Within Our Gates (1920)

By Chris D (2,215) on 03 Jul 2010

Good film, and an important piece of culture as the first surviving film directed and acted with African-Americans…

Read Review

Review of Within Our Gates (1920)

By Adam R (2,773) on 24 Jan 2010

As the censored response to Birth of a Nation and one of Micheaux's first films, it's historical significance outweighs it's questionable quality…

Read Review

Review of Within Our Gates (1920)

By Walter C (337) on 12 Jan 2010

A school in the South that educates African Americans is in need of money so a woman goes to the North in search of money for the school…

Read Review

Page 1 of 2

More reviews of this movie:

Perhaps you were looking for:

Within Our Gates (1920) - User Reviews - Page 1 of 2

1-20 of 30 Reviews

Within Our Gates (1920) - What do amateur reviewers say?