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  1. Poster for The Exile, "Mighty epic of modern Negro life" The Exile is a 1931 American film directed by Oscar Micheaux with choreography by Leonard Harper. A drama-romance of the race film genre, The Exile was Micheaux's first feature-length sound film, and the first African-American sound film.

    • Hattie McDaniel. October 31, 1896 – September 1, 1977. In 1962, Ethel Waters became the first black actress to be nominated for an Emmy. She was recognized for her guest appearance on the “Goodnight Sweet Blues” episode of Route 66.
    • Josephine Baker. June 3, 1906 – April 12, 1975. Josephine Baker was the first black woman to star in a major motion picture, Zouzou, in 1934.
    • Dorothy Dandridge. November 9, 1922-September 8, 1965. Dorothy Dandridge was the first black actress nominated for an Academy Award for Best Actress for her starring role in the 1954 film Carmen Jones.
    • Cicely Tyson. Hill Harper and Cicely Tyson at the 2nd Annual The Humanity of Connection (Image: Instagram) December 19, 1933 – Cicely Tyson is the first African American actress to receive an Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Television Movie for her performance in The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman (1974).
  2. Mar 7, 2024 · This list ranks the very best African American actresses of all time. These great Black actresses have starred in every genre of film from musicals and dramas to comedies. Some of these actresses, like Viola Davis, have rightfully won Academy Awards for their work.

  3. The Exile: Directed by Oscar Micheaux. With Eunice Brooks, Stanley Morrell, Celeste Cole, Kathleen Noisette. A young man named Jean in post-World War I Chicago falls in love with a beautiful girl named Edith.

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    • Crime, Drama, Romance
    • Oscar Micheaux
    • 1931-05-16
  4. The opening scene in "Exiled" lacks only a score by Ennio Morricone to be a spaghetti Western. A fistful of knuckles raps on a door. No answer. Again. Again. The door opens. The man knocking asks for "Mr. Wo." A woman replies, "Not here. Wrong house." The routine is repeated again, for this is indeed the house of Mr. Wo (Nick Cheung), and the woman is Jin, his wife (Josie Ho).

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