The Darktown Revue

IMDb link: 0139144
IMDb rating: 4.7 (119 votes)
Genres: Comedy, Music, Short
Director: Oscar Micheaux
Cast: Celeste Cole, Amon Davis, Tim Moore, Andrew Tribble and others

Release year: 1931
Runtime: 18 minutes
Country: United States
Keywords: pre code hollywood, all black cast, black face, variety show, vaudeville act, african american, vaudeville

Plot:

A traditional minstrel show with an all black cast. It shows a choir singing and a vaudeville act of a comedy duo. It also levels criticism at a certain social class of the African-American community by using some racial stereotypes.

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