. . . . . . . "Birth of black cinema a look at the origins of black cinema - 1916 to 1930" . . . . . . . . . . . . "Features two giants of early black films, the Lincoln Picture Company, and a hustler named Oscar Michaud. Also focusses on such films as Realization of a negro's ambition (1917) and By right of birth (1921)."@en . "Interview with Gordon Parks, Melvin van Peebles, Ossie Davis and Butterfly McQueen, all speaking on their roles as blacks in cinema." . "The black cinema foremost representatives of the black film world air their views" . . "Interviews" . . . "Birth of black cinema"@en . "A discussion of early efforts by blacks in the art of filmmaking, focusing on the Lincoln Picture Company and Oscar Michaud and on two films: Realization of a Negro's Ambition and By Right of Birth." . . . . . . "Foremost representatives of the black film world air their views."@en . "The black cinema"@en .