Essential Cinema: Oscar Micheaux
VEILED ARISTOCRATS and TEN MINUTES TO LIVE
Directed by Oscar Micheaux
USA, 1932, 1h 46min, 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.
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Micheaux adapts Charles W. Chesnutt’s novel The House Behind The Cedars for a second time; his first version is now considered a lost film. This melodrama concerns the subject of light-skinned African Americans “passing” for white and considers the social dynamics at play in such a scenario.
