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On Thu, 10 Mar 1994 13:16:13 GMT BRIAN TAVES said:
> In response to the posting referred to, I have heard about a
> number of rumors, research, columns, speculation, etc. of a
> Hollywood biopic on Oscar Micheaux over the last few years. (The
> irony of Hollywood filming the Micheaux story would certainly be
> overwhelming.) However, I have not heard of anything more
> concrete, certainly not something actually filmed, although
> perhaps someone who follows Variety and the trades might know
> more. A documentary about Micheaux and early race films, entitled
> MIDNIGHT RAMBLE, was recently completed and is set to air over
> PBS's American Experience anthology, sometime this year I
> believe.
> Brian Taves, Motion Picture Division
> Library of Congress
> Tavesmail.loc.gov
Maybe it was the last moments of MIDNIGHT RAMBLE, with a creative
docudramatic reconstruction of Michaux's character, that I saw.
Robert Withers
Brooklyn College
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