Product Details

• Actors: Jacqueline Lewis Spencer Williams
• Directors: Oscar Micheaux Spencer Williams
• Format: Black & White, DVD, NTSC
• Language: English
• Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only. Read more about DVD formats.)
  
• Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
• Number of discs: 1
• Rated: NR (Not Rated)
• Studio: Alpha Home Entertainment
• DVD Release Date: November 21, 2006
• Run Time: 90 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 2.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B000J10HSK
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #183,948 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)
• For more information about "Harlem Double Feature (Girl in Room 20 / God's Step Children)" visit the Internet Movie Database (IMDb)

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5 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Interesting early black double feature, March 7, 2007

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Andre M. "brnn64" (Mt. Pleasant, SC United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Harlem Double Feature (Girl in Room 20 / God's Step Children) (DVD)

This is a pair of early black films form the 30s and 40s. Both were directed by pioneer black directors, the first was by Specner Williams (Andy of Amos & Andy) and the second was by Oscar Micheaux.

"The Girl in Room 20" (c. 1946) is a somewhat timeworn tale (even then) of a small town girl who goes to the city to seek fame and fortune and-you can guess the rest. The suriving print is in pretty poor shape, but not bad ot watch if you can overlook this flaw.

"God's Stepchildren" (1938) is one of the most disturbing (but fascinating) films of this genre. A girl named Naomi of mixed white and black blood is left on the doorstep of a goodhearted black woman and her son. Naomi grows up to be a holy terror running wild, slandering her teacher, picking fights, filled with hatred toward the black race she lives among, and is sent to live with the nuns. She comes back as an adult and inflicts further damage (she also falls in love with her stepbrother). The ending of this film, which I will not describe here, is one of the most psychologically troubling you will ever see for such a low-budget film. A deep message about self-hatred among blacks and one of Micheaux's best surviving films.

See these on a lazy Sunday afternoon.

0 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars POOR QUALITY!!!, August 3, 2010

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Rocco "Best In Manhattan!" (New York City, NY United States) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Harlem Double Feature (Girl in Room 20 / God's Step Children) (DVD)

Do not waste your money on this DVD! The quality is so poor that you cannot see the film most of the time, It is so white and washed out, the sound is poor and it should never have been sold! Another way to cheat the buying public,by offering inferior products!