Within Our Gates

Within Our Gates is a powerful and poignant silent drama that portrays the contemporary racial situation in the United States during the early twentieth century. The film follows Sylvia Landry, an educated black woman who dedicates herself to helping a near bankrupt school for impoverished black children in the Deep South. As she navigates her past and present, Sylvia's romance with a Black doctor leads to revelations about her family's traumatic history, including lynching and racial violence under white supremacy.