God's Step Children

1938

Drama

2
Rotten Tomatoes Audience - Spilled 33% · 250 ratings
IMDb Rating 5.3/10 10 141 141

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Plot summary

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.

Director

Oscar Micheaux Photo
Oscar Micheaux

Top cast

Ethel Moses Photo
Ethel Moses as Mrs. Cushinberry
Sam Patterson Photo
Sam Patterson as A Banker
Gloria Press Photo
Gloria Press as Naomi, as an Adult
Consuelo Harris Photo
Consuelo Harris as Muscle Dancer
720p.BLU 1080p.BLU
655.75 MB
960*720
English 2.0
Not Rated
23.976 fps
1 hr 11 min
Seeds 1
1.19 GB
1440*1080
English 2.0
Not Rated
23.976 fps
1 hr 11 min
Seeds 3

Movie Reviews

Reviewed by R T 3 / 10

Of historical interest only

Of historical interest only.
Reviewed by gimhoff

Color-line drama, crude but powerful for its audience

Reviewed by dwpollar 5 / 10

Excellent written story, but badly played out...

1st watched 8/9/2002 - - 5 out of 10(Dir-Oscar Micheaux): Excellent written story, but badly played out and cheaply produced. It is so hard for me to write this review because I admire so much about the way this story played out and the depth of the reality that was built into this movie about an adopted light-skinned child who is constantly trying to be something she's not and getting into trouble despite her excellent mother and obvious charmed life despite what her circumstances could have been. The reality is that many adopted children never understand that their loved and that was the point of this story. The bad part is that the obvious little funding that was given to this production was apparent in the acting and the production. This is too bad because with a better core of actors and actresses this could have been great. Nice little scenes of well-done dance routines are also kind of thrown in for commercials for the performers who were probably ignored by the majority of people in the white-ruled 1930's. Micheaux could have made a lot of money as a screenwriter, if he was white, with this vehicle, if Hollywood would have given it a chance despite it's frankness. I hope he got by okay anyway, and I will look for other title's that he may have had his hand in because of the obvious talent that showed through in this one.
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