The Darktown Revue

Year: 1931

Runtime: 18 mins

Language: English

Director: Oscar Micheaux

ComedyMusic

Through long takes and frontal camera set‑ups, Michaeux records cabaret numbers, using intertitles to separate each act. The film opens with the Heywood Choir singing “Watermelon time” and ends with Amon David as a black‑faced preacher. Known as “the Back Biting Comedian, Par Excellence,” his sermon serves as a send‑up of the clergy.

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