Heaven-Bound Travelers
Pioneers of African-American Cinema • 14m
Eloyce Gist, James Gist • United States • 1935
A long-lost follow-up to HELL-BOUND TRAIN.
It was only during the HD restoration of HELL-BOUND TRAIN for this collection that film historian S. Torriano Berry realized that among the 35 mixed rolls of film in the Gist collection were the fragments of their little-known follow-up: HEAVEN-BOUND TRAVELERS. A man wrongfully accuses his wife (Eloyce Gist) of adultery and banishes her (and their daughter) from his house. But as the weeks pass, he struggles with his own faith and ultimately finds an opportunity for redemption.
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Spencer Williams • United States • 1931
A one-reel comedy short about high-stakes mini-golf.
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R.W. Phillips • United States • 1918
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