Oscar Micheaux Directs 'The Dungeon'

Oscar Micheaux wrote, directed, produced, and distributed 'The Dungeon' in 1922, his first venture into the horror genre—an early Black take on the Bluebeard legend. One in an extraordinary run of independently produced race films during the decade, it demonstrates Micheaux's tireless creative output and his command of a distribution network serving Black theater circuits across the country.