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The Darktown Revue

User Score5 votes
34%3.4/10
Release1931
Runtime0H 18M
LanguageEnglish
StatusReleased

Synopsis

With a series of long takes and frontal camera set-ups, Michaeux provides a record of several cabaret acts, using intertitles to separate the individual numbers. This quietly outrageous film begins with the high-toned Heywood Choir singing "Watermelon time" and concludes with Amon David playing a preacher using heavy blackface. Amon Davus was known as "the Back Biting Comedian, Par Excellence", and his sermon is one of Michaeux's many notable send-ups of the clergy.

Principal Cast6

Full Cast & Crew (12)

Media4

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Director

Oscar Micheaux

Oscar Micheaux

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Where to Watch

Stream

Criterion ChannelCriterion Channel

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Countries:United States of America
Production:Micheaux Picture Corporation