New version of first ever African-American screen kiss discovered in Norway

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A new version of the first known on-screen kiss between two African-American actors has been discovered in the collections of the National Library of Norway

The 1898 film, directed by U.S. film industry pioneer William Selig, stars vaudeville actors Saint Suttle and Gertie Brown and shows them courting and kissing in front of a cloth backdrop.

It depicts a tender scene between two African-American actors at a time when caricatures of Black life were more common. “It is more complex, there is more of a prelude before the kisses, with wooing, refusal and negotiation,” said Eirik Frisvold Hanssen, head of the National Library’s film section.

 

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