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Black love has always existed. Something Good – Negro Kiss, the first Black kiss on screen, is now featured at the Detroit Institute of Arts.
A silent short shot in 1898, "Something Good - Negro Kiss" is the first film featuring footage of African Americans showing intimacy.
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"Something Good – Negro Kiss," is a recently rediscovered 1898 silent short film featuring the earliest on-screen kiss between Black actors. Its recent rediscovery begs the question — what other lost pieces of Black film history could be out there, waiting to be found?