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God's Step Children

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God's Step Children

5.3

1h 10m

1938

Synopsis

Naomi, a light-skinned Black child, is abandoned by her mother and raised by the virtuous Mrs. Saunders. When the girl's fixation with whiteness turns her against her own race, she is sent to a convent. Hopelessly in love with her adoptive brother Jimmie, Naomi consents to marry his friend, but is repulsed by his darker skin and unrefined ways.

Director

Oscar Micheaux

Drama

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Cast & Crew

Jacqueline Lewis

as Young Naomi

Ethel Moses

Ethel Moses

as Mrs. Cushinberry / Eva

Alice B. Russell

Alice B. Russell

as Mrs. Saunders

Trixie Smith

Trixie Smith

as A Visitor

Charles Thompson

as Young Jimmie

Carman Newsome

Carman Newsome

as Adult Jimmie

Gloria Press

Gloria Press

as Adult Naomi

Alec Lovejoy

Alec Lovejoy

as Ontrue Cowper

Columbus Jackson

Columbus Jackson

as Cowper's Associate

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