God's Step Children

God's Step Children

Release Date: 1938-01-01

Overview: Naomi, a light-skinned Black child, is abandoned by her mother and raised by the virtuous Mrs. Saunders. When the girl's fixation with whiteness turns her against her own race, she is sent to a convent. Hopelessly in love with her adoptive brother Jimmie, Naomi consents to marry his friend, but is repulsed by his darker skin and unrefined ways.

Rating: 5.3 / 10

Cast

Jacqueline Lewis

Jacqueline Lewis

as Young Naomi

Ethel Moses

Ethel Moses

as Mrs. Cushinberry / Eva

Alice B. Russell

Alice B. Russell

as Mrs. Saunders

Trixie Smith

Trixie Smith

as A Visitor

Charles Thompson

Charles Thompson

as Young Jimmie

Crew

  • Oscar Micheaux - Director

  • Oscar Micheaux - Screenplay

  • Patricia Rooney - Editor

  • Lester Lang - Director of Photography

  • Leonard Weiss - Editor

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