Lawrence Chenault – MRQE

Body and Soul

Sun, 28 Sep 2025 04:00:00 +0000

A minister is malevolent and sinister behind his righteous facade. He consorts with, and later extorts from, the owner of a gambling house, and betrays an honest girl, eventually driving them both to ruin.

We Work Again

Fri, 22 Aug 2025 04:00:00 +0000

The role of African Americans in the recovery years of the Great Depression is the subject of this informational short, which offers an idealized depiction of life in a segregated society. The highlight, by far, is rare footage of Orson Welless Voodoo Macbeth, produced in 1935 for the New York Negro Unit of the WPAs Federal Theatre Project.

Ten Minutes to Live

Tue, 26 Aug 2025 04:00:00 +0000

A movie producer offers a nightclub singer a role in his latest film, but all he really wants to do is bed her. She knows, but accepts anyway. Meanwhile, a patron at the club gets a note saying that she’ll soon get another note, and that she will be killed ten minutes after that.

Veiled Aristocrats

Tue, 26 Aug 2025 04:00:00 +0000

A young woman plans to marry, but her mother and brother–a lawyer–don’t like her prospective husband and scheme to prevent the marriage.

The Scar of Shame

Tue, 02 Sep 2025 04:00:00 +0000

An educated, upscale young black musician marries a woman from a lower socioeconomic class to get her out of the clutches of her stepfather.

Ten Nights in a Bar Room

Sat, 06 Jun 2026 04:00:00 +0000

A man pursues the vice lord who killed his daughter, but his journey leads to self-discovery and the desire for a better life.