Initial release 1926 Screenplay Oscar Micheaux Producer Oscar Micheaux | Director Oscar Micheaux Story by Charles W. Chestnutt | |
Cast Evelyn Preer, Lawrence Chenault, Percy Verwayen, Sidney Easton, Alma Sewell Similar The Brute, The Gunsaulus Mystery, The Wages of Sin, A Daughter of the Congo, The Betrayal | ||
The Conjure Woman is a 1926 silent film directed, written, produced and distributed by Oscar Micheaux. A race film featuring an African-American cast and catering to an African-American audience, it stars Evelyn Preer and Lawrence Chenault. It is based on American writer Charles W. Chesnutt's 1899 short story collection of the same name. No print of the film has been located and it is presumed to be a lost film.
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