God's Step Children

God's Step Children (1938)

Drama

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.

star 5.2
  • Release Date: 1938-01-01
  • Runtime: 1h 10min
  • Director: Oscar Micheaux

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    • Cast

    • Jacqueline Lewis

      Young Naomi

    • Ethel Moses

      Mrs. Cushinberry / Eva

    • Alice B. Russell

      Mrs. Saunders

    • Trixie Smith

      A Visitor

    • Charles Thompson

      Young Jimmie

    • Carman Newsome

      Adult Jimmie

    • Gloria Press

      Adult Naomi

    • Alec Lovejoy

      Ontrue Cowper

    • Columbus Jackson

      Cowper's Associate

    • Laura Bowman

      Aunt Carrie

    • Sam Patterson

      Banker

    • Charles R. Moore

      School Superintent

    • Consuelo Harris

      Muscle Dancer

    • Sammy Gardiner

      Tap Dancer

    • Leon Gross

      Orchestra Leader

    • Dorothy Van Engle

      Naomi's Mother

    • Cherokee Thornton

      Clyde Wade