Something Good — Negro Kiss (1898)
1m
Running Time
January 2, 1898Release Date
Something Good — Negro Kiss (1898)
1m
Running Time
January 2, 1898Release Date
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Earliest known example of African American intimacy on screen.
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Something Good – Negro Kiss is a short silent film from 1898 of a couple kissing and holding hands. It is believed to depict the earliest on-screen kiss involving African Americans and is known for departing from the prevalent and purely stereotypical presentation of racist caricature in popular culture at the time it was made. The film was a lost film until its rediscovery in 2017, and was added to the American National Film Registry in 2018.