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Restored 'Race Films' Find New Audiences

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Don Wilson and Francine Everette starred in Spencer Williams' <em>Dirty Gertie from Harlem, U.S.A.</em>, a 1946 &quot;race film&quot; set for re-release as part of the <em>Pioneers of African-American Cinema</em> collection. (Courtesy of Kino Lorber, Inc.)
Don Wilson and Francine Everette starred in Spencer Williams' Dirty Gertie from Harlem, U.S.A., a 1946 "race film" set for re-release as part of the Pioneers of African-American Cinema collection. (Courtesy of Kino Lorber, Inc.)

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