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