A Daughter of the Congo
Brief Synopsis
Cast & Crew
Oscar Micheaux
Kathleen Noisette
Loretta Tucker
Clarence Reed
Willor Lee Guilford
Daisy Harding
Film Details
Synopsis
Lupelta, a mulatto girl who was stolen as a baby and brought up by an African tribe, is betrothed to the powerful chief Lodango. As she travels with her maid to Lodango's village, she stops to bathe and is captured by Arab slave hunters. Meanwhile, Captain Paul Dale of the African-American 10th United States Cavalry, assisted by First Lieutenant Ronald Brown, operates a constabulary in the small republic of Liberia, where Lupelta's tribe lives. During a reconnaissance mission, they encounter the slave hunters, rescue Lupelta and imprison the men responsible for her capture. Dale and Brown then take Lupelta to a mission school, where she excels remarkably, despite her tendency to return to some of her wild native ways. Through her industry, beauty, and intelligence, Lupelta soon becomes one of the most popular girls in Monrovia.
Director
Oscar Micheaux
Cast
Kathleen Noisette
Loretta Tucker
Clarence Reed
Willor Lee Guilford
Daisy Harding
Roland Irving
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Notes
Some of the above plot summary was taken from modern sources. New York Age stated that this was the first talking picture produced by an African-American company.
