Midnight Ramble

For the 1994 film, see Midnight Ramble (film).

A midnight ramble was a segregation-era midnight showing of films for an African American audience, often in a cinema where, under Jim Crow laws they would never have been admitted at other times.^[1][2]. The films shown were often from among the over 500 films that were made between 1910 and 1950 in the United States with Black producers, writers, actors and directors.^[3]

Notes

1. ^ Bowser, Pearl and Cram, Bestor (dirs.). 1994. "Midnight Ramble: The Story of the Black Film Industry." The American Experience/PBS. (DVD. 2009. Synergy Archive Series.)
2. ^ Cincinnati World Cinema. 2007. "Film Notes for "Midnight Rambles." "
3. ^ Thomas, Pamela. 2011. "Black Folks Make Movies".