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