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Within Our Gates

1920 film by Oscar Micheaux
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Within Our Gates

Summary

Within Our Gates is a silent film[1]. It ranks in the top 3% of silent_film entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (125 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Within Our Gates's video is recorded as Within Our Gates (1920).webm[3].
  • Within Our Gates's video is recorded as Within Our Gates HQ.webm[4].
  • Within Our Gates's image is recorded as Within Our Gates 1920 newspaper ad.jpg[5].
  • Within Our Gates's instance of is recorded as silent film[6].
  • Within Our Gates's director is recorded as Oscar Micheaux[7].
  • Within Our Gates's screenwriter is recorded as Oscar Micheaux[8].
  • Within Our Gates's genre is recorded as silent film[9].
  • Within Our Gates's genre is recorded as drama film[10].
  • Within Our Gates's cast member is recorded as Evelyn Preer[11].
  • Within Our Gates's cast member is recorded as Floy Clements[12].
  • Within Our Gates's cast member is recorded as Mattie Edwards[13].
  • Within Our Gates's producer is recorded as Oscar Micheaux[14].
  • Within Our Gates's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 231971598[15].
  • Within Our Gates's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as n2012008353[16].
  • Within Our Gates's IMDb ID is recorded as tt0011870[17].
  • Within Our Gates's part of is recorded as National Film Registry[18].
  • Within Our Gates's Commons category is recorded as Within Our Gates[19].
  • Within Our Gates's color is recorded as black-and-white[20].
  • Within Our Gates's FilmAffinity film ID is recorded as 166065[21].
  • Within Our Gates's country of origin is recorded as United States[22].
  • Within Our Gates's publication date is recorded as +1920-01-12T00:00:00Z[23].
  • Within Our Gates's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0k5m0[24].
  • Within Our Gates's Internet Archive ID is recorded as WithinOurGates[25].
  • Within Our Gates's Internet Archive ID is recorded as silent-within-our-gates[26].
  • Within Our Gates's narrative location is recorded as Boston[27].

Body

Authorship and Creation

Within Our Gates's producer is recorded as Oscar Micheaux[14]. Its director is recorded as Oscar Micheaux[7]. Its screenwriter is recorded as Oscar Micheaux[8]. Cast members include Evelyn Preer[11], Floy Clements[12], and Mattie Edwards[13].

Publication

Within Our Gates's publication date is recorded as +1920-01-12T00:00:00Z[23]. Genres include silent film[9] and drama film[10]. Its part of is recorded as National Film Registry[18].

Subject and Themes

Main subjects include African Americans[28], education in the United States[29], racism[30], and lynching in the United States[31].

Why It Matters

Within Our Gates ranks in the top 3% of silent_film entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (125 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 14 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[32]

Related Entities

public domain The Birth of a Nation United States

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . loc.gov. Retrieved . loc.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . Within Our Gates. wikidata.org.
  26. [28] ↑ . Mubi. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  27. [29] ↑ . Mubi. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  28. [30] ↑ . Within Our Gates. wikidata.org.
  29. [31] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [32] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.

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  1. 20d ago · Xezbeth · 2026-05-04 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Part of → National Film Registry
    Main subject → African Americans, education in the United States, racism +1
    Color → black-and-white
    Country of origin → —
    + 21 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update:2||1 */ [[Property:P31]]: [[Q11424]]"
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