The Call of His People

The Call of His People is a 1922 American race film adapted from Aubrey Bowser's serialized novel, The Man Who Would Be White. It was the second film produced by REOL Productions, Robert Levy's film company that made films with black casts.[1]

The story is about a coffee businessman who passes for white before reconnecting to his heritage and a past love.[2][3][4]

The New York Public Library has stills from the film.[5][6][7]

Cast

References

  1. ^ Petersen, Christina (2008). "The 'Reol' Story: Race Authorship and Consciousness in Robert Levy's Reol Productions, 1921-1926". Film History. 20 (3): 308–324 – via EBSCOhost.
  2. ^ a b Institute, American Film (January 31, 1997). "The American Film Institute Catalog of Motion Pictures Produced in the United States". University of California Press – via Google Books.
  3. ^ Gevinson, Alan (January 31, 1997). "Within Our Gates: Ethnicity in American Feature Films, 1911-1960". University of California Press – via Google Books.
  4. ^ "the call of his people". September 30, 1921. p. 5 – via newspapers.com.
  5. ^ https://qa-digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/b9bc2620-c634-012f-4982-58d385a7bc34?canvasIndex=0
  6. ^ https://qa-digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/bb75be10-c634-012f-3153-58d385a7bc34
  7. ^ https://qa-digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/bb21ae30-c634-012f-c549-58d385a7bc34
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