Oscar DDevereaux Micheaux helped paved the way for all black film creators and writers

Oscar Devereaux Micheaux January 2, 1884 – March 25, 1951 was an American author, film director and independent producer of more than 44 films. Although the short-lived Lincoln Motion Picture Company was the first movie company owned and controlled by black filmmakers,Micheaux is regarded as the first major African-American feature filmmaker, a prominent producer of race films, and has been described as "the most successful African-American filmmaker of the first half of the 20th century". He produced both silent films and sound films.you know Hollywood not going to tell you how they got the name of the infamous Oscar award show that millions be watching around the world today