Miriam Cooper Movies

Ossie Davis narrates a history of "race films," films made before 1950 which catered to a primarily black audience.

During the Civil War, Elinor, a pretty Northern girl, comes south to visit her aunt-- Little does anyone suspect she works as a spy. Lieutenant...

A farmer, unhappy with his life, decides to go the city to try and make his fortune. He takes a friend along with him. The two of them become...

A short romantic comedy about two women whose canoe capsizes; they are then rescued by two train engineers. This leads to two couples who want to...

Uncle Tom and Eliza's child are sold to Haley, a slave dealer. When Eliza learns that her son is to be taken from her, she steals the boy and runs...