BMA: Black Media Archive

Episode 323: "Body and Soul" (part 1)

10.08.2012 - By The BMAPlay

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Movie: "Body and Soul" (1925) is a silent "race film" produced, written, directed, and distributed by the filmmaking pioneer Oscar Micheaux and starring a 27-year-old Paul Robeson in his motion picture debut. In the film Robeson portrays a minister, malevolent and sinister behind his righteous facade. He consorts with, and later extorts from, the owner of a gambling house, and betrays an honest girl, eventually driving them both to ruin.

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