Something Good - Negro Kiss 
Believed to be the earliest cinematic display of Black affection, this joyous embrace of tenderness between a well-suited man and a woman in an ornate dress reminds us all about the urgency of love and film preservation.  

A Fool and His Money  
With the desire to win his well-off beloved on his mind, Sam Jones, a laborer, comes into heaps of cash after finding it by happenstance. The film is a cinematic illustration of the age-old adage, “a fool and his money are soon parted.” The recently discovered A Fool and His Money is both one of the earliest extended narrative works featuring an all-Black cast and one of the earliest works directed by a woman. 

Yamekraw 
This 1930 short is a visually inventive short featuring a close-knit Black community on the outskirts of Savannah, Georgia. At the heart of this musical drama is a young man who falls for a woman and follows her to the big city in a tender display of romantic and community love.  

Ten Minutes to Live 
With Oscar Micheaux’s loving gaze (and working through the transitions to talkies), varied textures of Black American life in the 1930s are put on screen in Ten Minutes to Live. This independent film from the storied Black director has it all: structurally adventurous work, mesmerizing dancing, and mysterious romantic pursuits.