An undercover government agent on a case in Mississipi meets and falls in love with a beautiful young woman who's being menaced by a local crime boss. He rescues the girl, and they leave Mississippi and head to Harlem, but their troubles follow them: they become involved in the murder of a local crime boss there.
Is it worth your time? If you're the type of person who needs perfect lighting and high-budget polish, just skip this one. But if you have an interest in early cinema and how stories were told outside of the Hollywood machine, you'll probably get a kick out of The Girl from Chicago. It’s scrappy, it’s earnest, and it f...
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"Is it worth your time? If you're the type of person who needs perfect lighting and high-budget polish, just skip this one. But if you have an interest in early cinema and how stories were told outside of the Hollywood machine, you'll probably get a kick out of The Girl from Chicago. It’s scrappy, it’s earnest, and it feels like a project where everyone involved was doing three jobs at once just to get it in the can. Oscar Micheaux is the name here, and he isn't trying to win any awards for slic..."
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