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The Symbol of the Unconquered

5.3/10

November 28, 1920

59 minutes

Oscar Micheaux

Drama

Overview

Eve Mason, a white-passing black woman, moves to a remote cottage she inherited from her late father. She makes the acquaintance of her neighbor, a dashing black settler named Hugh Van Allen, and quickly falls for him. Trouble brews as the local cadre of racist hucksters want the valuable land Van Allen lives on, and will do anything to take it from him.

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Movie Details

Release Date

November 28, 1920

Runtime

59 minutes

Director

Oscar Micheaux

Rating

5.3/10

Production Companies

Micheaux Picture Corporation

Cast

Iris Hall

Evon "Eve" Mason

Walker Thompson

Hugh Van Allen

Lawrence Chenault

Jefferson Driscoll

Mattie Wilkes

Mother Driscoll

Louis Dean

August Barr

Leigh Whipper

Tugi - an Indian Fakir

Jim Burris

E.G. Tatum

Abraham

James Burrough

George Catlin

Dick Mason

Edward Fraction

Peter Kaden (uncredited)