One Large Evening

How it feels

A black and white short set in Harlem from the early film era. It follows a plot that relies on offensive racial caricatures of Black people. The film was later given a different title for white audiences.

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What happens

One Large Evening, also known as A Night in Coontown, is a 1914 short American film. It was produced by Hunter Haynes. A short filmed in black and white, Larry Richards describes it as offensive with derogatory stereotypes of blacks. It is set in Harlem. Lester Walton wrote about how the film was retitled for white audiences. It was an Afro-American Film Company production. The film Mandy's Choice followed. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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