The read
Critics rate it 36 points higher than audiences do. It runs a compact 1h 14m.
Synopsis
Abandoned by her fiancé, an educated black woman with a traumatizing past dedicates herself to helping a near bankrupt school for impoverished black children.
Ratings
IMDb6.4/10
Rotten Tomatoes100%
Critics rate it 36 points higher than audiences do.
113 audience votes
Key crew
- Oscar MicheauxWriter
- Oscar MicheauxDirector
Cast
- Evelyn PreerSylvia Landry
- Flo ClementsAlma Prichard
- James D. RuffinConrad Drebert - Sylvia's Fiancé
- Jack ChenaultLarry Prichard - Alma's Stepbrother
- Charles D. LucasDr. V. Vivian
- Bernice LaddMrs. Geraldine Stratton
- Mrs. EvelynMrs. Elena Warwick
- William StarksJasper Landry
- Mattie EdwardsJasper's Wife
- E.G. TatumEfram - Gridlestone's Servant
- Grant EdwardsEmil Landry
- Grant GormanArmand Gridlestone
Stills
Themes
schoolsilent filmreverend