现存最早的由黑人导演拍摄的有声剧情长片。 Summary: A young man named Jean in post-World War I Chicago falls in love with a beautiful girl named Edith. He proposes to her, but realizes that she's involved in the rackets and won't leave them, so he goes back home to South Dakota, where he becomes a successful rancher. There he falls for a white girl, but guilt drives him back to Chicago, where he run...$史上已知最早的由黑人导演拍摄的有声长片。受限于器材,就算跟同期(白人制作拍摄)的电影比声音质量也是比较差的,演员被迫用字正腔圆、一板一眼的方式来说对白。 ////// 虽然因为技术原因视觉妥协了不少,但故事依然乃Micheaux一贯关注的种族话题,尤其是黑白通婚;结构和篇幅安排比较小说,也是他的风格。