---
title: 'Within Our Gates (1920)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Oscar Micheaux'
released: '1920-01-12'
runtime_minutes: 79
genres:
  - 'Drama'
countries:
  - 'United States'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/within-our-gates-1920'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0011870/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Within Our Gates (1920)

1920 · 79 min · Drama · United States


## Synopsis

Within Our Gates is a 1920 American silent race drama film produced, written and directed by Oscar Micheaux. The film portrays the contemporary racial situation in the United States during the early twentieth century, the years of Jim Crow, the revival of the Ku Klux Klan, the Great Migration of blacks to cities of the North and Midwest, and the emergence of the "New Negro".

## Credits

- **Director:** [Oscar Micheaux](https://cinepixo.com/people/oscar-micheaux)
- **Screenplay:** [Oscar Micheaux](https://cinepixo.com/people/oscar-micheaux)
- **Producer:** [Oscar Micheaux](https://cinepixo.com/people/oscar-micheaux)

## Cast

- [Mattie Edwards](https://cinepixo.com/people/mattie-edwards)
- [Evelyn Preer](https://cinepixo.com/people/evelyn-preer)
- [Floy Clements](https://cinepixo.com/people/floy-clements)

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