Stet clita kasd gubergren, no sea takimata sanctus est Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet. In the new genre of “race movies” created in the 1910s and 1920s, early independent race filmmakers attempted to counter the negative imagery with more realistic depictions of Black Americans and to establish new character types and situations. Seen by Black audiences, largely unseen by whites, race movies featured Black actresses and actors and incorporated timely and often controversial themes. And they depicted a virtually all-Black world, one with which Black moviegoers, particularly the growing number of Black female attendees, could identify. While race films did

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