The Octoroon (1913)

Directed by

Sidney Olcott

Genre

silent film

Country

United States

Elsewhere

IMDb

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How it feels

This is a short silent film based on a 1859 play. It is a drama set on a Louisiana plantation and involves a character who is one-eighth Black.

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What happens

The Octoroon è un cortometraggio muto del 1913 diretto da Sidney Olcott. Tratto dal lavoro teatrale (1859) di Dion Boucicault, un dramma in cinque atti ambientato nelle piantagioni della Louisiana, il film venne sceneggiato da Gene Gauntier. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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