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Status
Released
Release
1938
Runtime
1h 14m
Criterion Channel
Plex
Plex Channel"A story of the negro —and the South"
After graduating from Harvard University, Peter Siner returns to his small Tennessee hometown, where he hopes to start a school for black children.
20 Cast Members
Carman Newsome
Peter Siner
Ethel Moses
Cissie
Alec Lovejoy
Tump Pack
Hazel Diaz
Ida May
Trixie Smith
W. Herbert Jelley
Ida Forsyne
John Ward
C. R. Chase
Alice B. Russell
H. E. Knight
George Lessey
Columbus Jackson
Harry Moses
Tom Dillon
Allen Lee
Robert Alderdice
Cherokee Thornton
The Persimmon
Harry Moses
Dr. Jallup
Leon Gross
Orchestra Leader
