One Large Evening Explained

One Large Evening, also known as A Night in Coontown, is a 1914 short American film. It was produced by Hunter Haynes.[1] A short filmed in black and white, Larry Richards describes it as offensive with derogatory stereotypes of blacks.[2] It is set in Harlem.[3]

Lester Walton wrote about how the film was retitled for white audiences.[4] [5]

It was an Afro-American Film Company production. The film Mandy's Choice followed.[6]

Cast

Notes and References

  1. Web site: The Othering of Women in Silent Film: Cultural, Historical, and Literary Contexts. Barbara Tepa. Lupack. November 6, 2023. Lexington Books. Google Books.
  2. Web site: African American Films Through 1959: A Comprehensive, Illustrated Filmography. Larry. Richards. September 17, 2015. McFarland. Google Books.
  3. Web site: Making a Promised Land: Harlem in Twentieth-Century Photography and Film. Paula J.. Massood. January 22, 2013. Rutgers University Press. Google Books.
  4. Web site: Slow Fade to Black. Thomas. Cripps. February 3, 1977. Oxford University Press. Google Books.
  5. Web site: Making a Promised Land: Harlem in Twentieth-Century Photography and Film. Paula J.. Massood. January 22, 2013. Rutgers University Press. Google Books.
  6. Web site: Uplift Cinema: The Emergence of African American Film and the Possibility of Black Modernity. Allyson Nadia. Field. May 22, 2015. Duke University Press. Google Books.
  7. Web site: Blacks in Black and White: A Source Book on Black Films. Henry T.. Sampson. November 21, 1995. Scarecrow Press. Google Books.

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