Film

Lime Kiln Club Field Day

1913Directed by T. Hayes Hunter, Edwin Middleton

Where to watch

Stream

  • Criterion Channel
Released
Runtime
1h 2m

About Lime Kiln Club Field Day

  • Comedy

Synopsis

Modeled after a popular collection of stories known as "Brother Gardener's Lime Kiln Club," the plot features three suitors vying to win the hand of the local beauty. Filmed in 1913, but after considerable footage was shot, the film was abandoned. One hundred years later, the seven reels of untitled and unassembled footage were discovered in the film vaults of the Museum of Modern Art, and are now believed to constitute the earliest surviving feature film starring black actors.

Directors
  • T. Hayes Hunter
  • Edwin Middleton
Writer
  • Bert Williams

Principal cast

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