old south
4 movies and shows
Dog Gone South
Sat, 26 Aug 1950
Charlie Dog attempts to ingratiate himself to a southern plantation owner.
The Old South
Sat, 20 Jan 1940
This short film chronicles the importance of cotton to the economy and culture of America's Old South.
The Keeping Room
Thu, 25 Sep 2014
In this radically reimagined American Western set towards the end of the Civil War, Southerner Augusta encounters two renegade, drunken soldiers who are on a mission of pillage and violence. After escaping an attempted assault, Augusta races back to the isolated farmhouse that she shares with her sister Louise and their female slave Mad. When the pair of soldiers track Augusta down intent on exacting revenge, the trio of women are forced to take up arms to fend off their assailants, finding ways to resourcefully defend their home––and themselves––as the escalating attacks become more unpredictable and relentless.
Pinky
Wed, 28 Sep 1949
Pinky, a light skinned black woman, returns to her grandmother's house in the South after graduating from a Northern nursing school. Pinky tells her grandmother that she has been "passing" for white while at school in the North. In addition, she has fallen in love with a young white doctor, who knows nothing about her black heritage.