Murder in Harlem
Celebrating Black Stories
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1h 35m
Directed by Oscar Micheaux • Drama • 1935 • US • English
Starring Clarence Brooks, Dorothy Van Engle, Alec Lovejoy
Oscar Micheaux’s remake of his own “The Gunsaulus Mystery” (1921) is based on the true-life murder of Mary Phagan. When a young woman is found dead in a factory office, a Black employee (Alec Lovejoy) is accused of murder. But an idealistic lawyer (Clarence Brooks) suspects a miscarriage of justice and sets out to find the true culprit. Micheaux himself appears in a cameo role as a detective.
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