A Trip to Tuskegee explained

A Trip to Tuskegee
Director:	George Broome
Country:	United States
Language:	English

A Trip to Tuskegee is a 1909 film made to promote the Tuskegee Institute.^{[1] [2] [3] [4]} The film depicted the transformative positive influence of a Hampton education.^[3]

Filmmaker George Broome helmed the project. The film was shown at theaters and churches to African American audiences. Segregation was in force. It is one of the earliest African American film projects. The film was followed by A Day At Tuskegee in 1913.^[5]

The film, or a version of it, was still distributed as of 1922. This was an unusually long period compared to comparable films.^[5]

Production company

Anderson-Watkins Film Company was an American film company. It produced a 1913 film for the Tuskegee Institute.^[6]

The film company was a partnership between Louis B. Anderson and William F. Watkins.

Notes and References

1. John Henry Goes to Carnegie Hall: Motion Picture Production at Southern Black Agricultural and Industrial Institutes (1909–13). Allyson Nadia Field. PhD. November 16, 2009. Journal of Popular Film and Television. 37. 3. 106–115. 10.1080/01956050903218075. 143895471. free.
2. Web site: Silent No More. UCLA Magazine.
3. Web site: Constructing An African-American Film History In the Absence of Films: Uplift Cinema: The Emergence of African American Film and the Possibility of Black Modernity, by Allyson Nadia Field – Senses of Cinema. Tanya. Goldman. 14 September 2016 .
4. Web site: Digital humanities students shine a light on the history of African American filmmakers – UCLA College. UCLA. College. 31 January 2017 .
5. Book: Struggles for Representation: African American Documentary Film and Video. 0253213479. Klotman. Phyllis Rauch. Cutler. Janet K.. 1999. Indiana University Press .
6. Book: Field, Allyson Nadia. Uplift Cinema: The Emergence of African American Film and the Possibility of Black Modernity. May 22, 2015. Duke University Press. 9780822375555. Google Books.