Reviews of silent film releases on home video.
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Within
Our Gates
(1920)
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This independent drama, directed by Oscar Micheaux, features Evelyn Preer, Flo Clements, James D. Ruffin and Jack Chenault.
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 Kino Classics
2016 Blu-ray Disc edition
Pioneers of African-American Cinema (1915-1946),
black & white and color, 1266 minutes total. not rated, including Within Our Gates (1920), black & white, 79 minutes, not rated.
Kino Lorber, K20601, UPC 7-38329-20601-7.
One single-sided, dual-layered, Region A Blu-ray Disc (five BDs in the set); 1.33:1 aspect ratio picture in pillarboxed 16:9 (1920 x 1080 pixels) 24 fps progressive scan image encoded in SDR AVC format at ? Mbps average video bit rate; DTS-HD Master Audio 2.0 stereo sound encoded at ? Mbps audio bit rate; English language intertitles, no subtitles; chapter stops; one cardboard wrap with three plastic BD trays in cardboard slipcase; $99.95.
Release date: 26 July 2016.
Country of origin: USA
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This Blu-ray Disc edition has been mastered in high-definition from a 35mm print from the Library of Congress.
The film is accompanied by a music score by Paul D. Miller (AKA DJ Spooky).
The collection is supplemented with an 80-page booklet that includes notes on the films and essays by collection curators Charles Musser, Jacqueline Najuma Stewart, and others.
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 Kino Classics
2016 DVD edition
Pioneers of African-American Cinema (1915-1946), black & white and color, 952 minutes total. not rated, including Within Our Gates (1920), black & white, 79 minutes, not rated.
Kino Lorber, K20600, UPC 7-38329-20600-0.
One single-sided, dual-layered, Region 1 NTSC DVD disc (five DVDs in the set); 1.33:1 aspect ratio picture in full-frame 4:3 (720 x 480 pixels) interlaced scan image encoded in SDR MPEG-2 format at ? Mbps average video bit rate (capable of progressive scan upscaling to ? fps); Dolby Digital (AC3) 2.0 stereo sound encoded at ? Kbps audio bit rate; English language intertitles, no subtitles; chapter stops; one cardboard wrap with three plastic DVD trays in cardboard slipcase; $79.95.
Release date: 26 July 2016.
Country of origin: USA
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This abbreviated DVD collection has been mastered in high-definition from a 35mm print from the Library of Congress.
The film is accompanied by a music score by Paul D. Miller (AKA DJ Spooky).
The collection is supplemented with an 80-page booklet that includes notes on the films and essays by collection curators Charles Musser, Jacqueline Najuma Stewart, and others.
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USA: Click the logomark to purchase this Region 1 NTSC DVD edition from Amazon.com. Your purchase supports Silent Era.
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Canada: Click the logomark to purchase this Region 1 NTSC DVD edition from Amazon.ca. Your purchase supports Silent Era.
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 The Library of Congress /
Smithsonian Video 2001 DVD edition
The Origins of Film (1900-1927), black & white, color-tinted black & white and color-toned black & white, 560 minutes total, not rated, including Within Our Gates (1920), black & white, 78 minutes, not rated.
The Library of Congress / Smithsonian Video, distributed by Image Entertainment, ID9807UMDVD, UPC 0-14381-98072-1.
One single-sided, dual-layered, Region 0 NTSC DVD disc (three DVDs in the set); 1.33:1 aspect ratio picture in windowboxed 4:3 (720 x 480 pixels) interlaced scan image encoded in SDR MPEG-2 format at ? Mbps average video bit rate (capable of progressive scan upscaling to ? fps); Dolby Digital (AC3) 2.0 stereo sound encoded at ? Kbps audio bit rate; English language intertitles, no subtitles; chapter stops; three standard DVD keepcases in cardboard slipcase; $79.99.
Release date: 13 March 2001.
Country of origin: USA
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This 34-film DVD collection, now regretably out-of-print, previously contained the best available edition of Within Our Gates, transferred from an archival 35mm print held by the Library of Congress.
This was previously our recommended home video edition. The same source material has been utilized for the Kino editions noted above.
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USA: Click the logomark to purchase this Region 0 NTSC DVD edition from Amazon.com. Your purchase supports Silent Era.
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Canada: Click the logomark to purchase this Region 0 NTSC DVD edition from Amazon.ca. Your purchase supports Silent Era.
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This Region 0 NTSC DVD edition has been discontinued
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 Grapevine Video
2007 DVD edition
Within Our Gates (1920), black & white, 78 minutes, not rated.
Grapevine Video, no catalog number, unknown UPC number.
One single-sided, single-layered, Region 0 NTSC DVD-R disc; 1.33:1 aspect ratio picture in full-frame 4:3 (720 x 480 pixels) interlaced scan image encoded in SDR MPEG-2 format at ? Mbps average video bit rate (capable of progressive scan upscaling to ? fps); Dolby Digital (AC3) 2.0 mono sound encoded at ? Kbps audio bit rate; English language intertitles, no subtitles; chapter stops; standard DVD keepcase; $14.95.
Release date: April 2007.
Country of origin: USA
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This DVD-R edition has likely been mastered from a 16mm reduction print.
The film is likely presented with a music score of preexisting recordings.
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USA: Click the logomark to purchase this Region 0 NTSC DVD-R edition from Amazon.com. Your purchase supports Silent Era.
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This Region 0 NTSC DVD-R edition is also available directly from . . .
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 Alpha Video
2012 DVD edition
Within Our Gates (1920), black & white, 77 minutes, not rated.
Alpha Home Entertainment, distributed by Oldies.com,
ALP 6713D, UPC 0-89218-67139-4.
One single-sided, single-layered, Region 0 NTSC DVD-R disc; 1.33:1 aspect ratio picture in full-frame 4:3 (720 x 480 pixels) interlaced scan image encoded in SDR MPEG-2 format at ? Mbps average video bit rate (capable of progressive scan upscaling to ? fps); Dolby Digital (AC3) 2.0 mono sound encoded at ? Kbps audio bit rate; English language intertitles, no subtitles; chapter stops; standard DVD keepcase; $7.98 (raised to $8.98).
Release date: 14 February 2012.
Country of origin: USA
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This budget DVD-R edition has likely been mastered from a 16mm reduction print.
The film is likely accompanied by a soundtrack compiled from preexisting music recordings.
With other high quality editions noted above, we cannot recommend this edition.
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USA: Click the logomark to purchase this Region 0 NTSC DVD-R edition from Amazon.com. Your purchase supports Silent Era.
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Canada: Click the logomark to purchase this Region 0 NTSC DVD-R edition from Amazon.ca. Your purchase supports Silent Era.
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Region 0 NTSC DVD-R edition is also available directly from . . .
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Other AFRICAN-AMERICAN FILMS of the silent era available on home video.
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