An FYI for those of you in New York; I forgot to remind you of this when it actually opened on the 24th of October.
The Museum of Modern Art is presenting its discovery of previously unidentified, 101-year-old film footage, which is said to be the earliest known surviving feature film with a cast of black actors. The unedited daily rushes, which are comprised of multiple "takes" shot each day during production, were found among a trove of 900 negatives from the pioneering Biograph Studio, that were acquired by MoMA’s founding Film curator, Iris Barry, in 1939, just prior to their scheduled destruction, following the closure of Biograph’s Bronx facilities.
Though a few other…
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