Where to watch · United States
Stream
via JustWatch · IP Geolocation by DB-IP
God's Step Children (1938)
Directed by Oscar Micheaux
Drama · 1h 10m
Naomi, a light-skinned Black child, is abandoned by her mother and raised by the virtuous Mrs. Saunders. When the girl's fixation with whiteness turns her against her own race, she is sent to a convent. Hopelessly in love with her adoptive brother Jimmie, Naomi consents to marry his friend, but is repulsed by his darker skin and unrefined ways.
Cast
J
Jacqueline Lewis
Young Naomi
Ethel Moses
Mrs. Cushinberry / Eva
Alice B. Russell
Mrs. Saunders
Trixie Smith
A Visitor
C
Charles Thompson
Young Jimmie
Carman Newsome
Adult Jimmie
Gloria Press
Adult Naomi
Alec Lovejoy
Ontrue Cowper
Columbus Jackson
Cowper's Associate
L
Laura Bowman
Aunt Carrie
S
Sam Patterson
Banker
Charles R. Moore
School Superintent
Crew
- Director
- Oscar Micheaux
- Screenplay
- Oscar Micheaux
- Director of Photography
- Lester Lang
- Editor
- Patricia Rooney, Leonard Weiss
- Producer
- Oscar Micheaux
Details
- Release date
- 1938-05-01
- Runtime
- 1h 10m
- Genres
- Drama
- Original language
- EN
- Spoken languages
- English
- Countries
- United States of America
- Production
- Micheaux Picture Corporation