Within Our Gates
Not Merely a Common Moving Picture - A Screen Masterpiece
A pioneering silent drama about resilience and redemption, following an educated Black woman who transforms personal trauma into service to her community.
Abandoned by her fiancé, an educated black woman with a traumatizing past dedicates herself to helping a near bankrupt school for impoverished black children.
Essence
Ensemble
Evelyn Preer
Sylvia Landry
Flo Clements
Alma Prichard
James D. Ruffin
Conrad Drebert - Sylvia's Fiancé
Jack Chenault
Larry Prichard - Alma's Stepbrother
Charles D. Lucas
Dr. V. Vivian
Bernice Ladd
Mrs. Geraldine Stratton
Mrs. Evelyn
Mrs. Elena Warwick
William Starks
Jasper Landry
Mattie Edwards
Jasper's Wife
E.G. Tatum
Efram - Gridlestone's Servant
Grant Edwards
Emil Landry
Grant Gorman
Armand Gridlestone
Closest match
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Same mood
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Hidden gem
Same territory, far fewer people have seen it.
