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Within Our Gates
“Not Merely a Common Moving Picture - A Screen Masterpiece”
6.0 / 10• 1920• 1h 14m•NR• English
DramaRomanceCrime
Storyline
Abandoned by her fiancé, an educated black woman with a traumatizing past dedicates herself to helping a near bankrupt school for impoverished black children.
Cast & Crew
Evelyn Preer
Sylvia Landry
Lead
Flo Clements
Alma Prichard
James D. Ruffin
Conrad Drebert - Sylvia's Fiancé
Jack Chenault
Larry Prichard - Alma's Stepbrother
Charles D. Lucas
Dr. V. Vivian
Bernice Ladd
Mrs. Geraldine Stratton
Mrs. Evelyn
Mrs. Elena Warwick
William Starks
Jasper Landry
What People Are Saying
3.0
“A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Oscar Micheaux's vision lands with breathtaking precision.”
3.0
“Every frame feels alive. Within Our Gates is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.”
