Essential Cinema: Oscar Micheaux
BODY AND SOUL
Directed by Oscar Micheaux
USA, 1925, 1h 22min, DCP
AFS Cinema
6406 N I-35 Suite 3100 Austin, TX 78752
Pricing
$13.50 evening / $11 matinee (available M-F for shows before 6 PM)
$4 discounts for AFS MAKE & WATCH members. Free for LOVE & Impact Circle members.
Discounts for AISD educators and local high school & college students are available at the box office with a valid school ID.
Paul Robeson made his film debut in BODY AND SOUL as a magnetic ne’er-do-well who, while on the run from the law, impersonates a clergyman and generally embodies what Micheaux saw as the most pernicious vices affecting his community.
