They erased this film. Now the trauma speaks louder than ever.
A shell-shocked black soldier is cared for by a miner and his daughter when he wanders into their camp, and makes a fresh start in life with the aid of the American Legion.
Acting
Clarence Brooks: dignity in a role Hollywood wouldn't touch.
Production
Independent Black cinema fighting erasure in 1928.
Writing
American Legion as ally? Subversive then, radical now.
Director
Harry A. Gant
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
One of over 100 'race films' made for segregated Black audiences—most destroyed, none preserved by studios.
Director Harry A. Gant was white; the cast was Black. The power dynamic behind the camera mirrors the film's tensions.
US
