A Nigger in the Woodpile (1904)
- Genre
- silent film
- Country
- United States
- Runtime
- 4 min
- Rating
- 5.5 of 10 from 6 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
A short silent film from 1904. The title refers to an old racist idiom. A copy is kept in the Library of Congress black films section.
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What happens
A Nigger in the Woodpile is a 1904 American silent film, with a runtime of four minutes. The title is derived from the idiom nigger in the woodpile, meaning something is wrong or "off". A copy is in the black films section of the Library of Congress. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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