Midnight ramble

A midnight ramble was a segregation-era midnight showing of films for an African American audience, often in a cinema where, under Jim Crow laws they would never have been admitted at other times.[1][2] The films shown were often from among the over 500 films that were made between 1910 and 1950 in the United States with black producers, writers, actors and directors.[3]

For other uses, see Midnight ramble (disambiguation).

Notes
  1. Bowser, Pearl; Cram, Bestor (dirs.) (1994). Midnight Ramble: The Story of the Black Film Industry (DVD 2009) |format= requires |url= (help). The American Experience. PBS.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
  2. "Film Notes for "Midnight Rambles". Cincinnati World Cinema. 2007.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
  3. Thomas, Pamela (2011). "Black Folks Make Movies".CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
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