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General Film Company

1909–1920
Description

The General Film Company was a motion picture distribution company in the United States. Between 1909 and 1920, the company distributed almost 12,000 silent era motion pictures. It was created as part of the Edison Trust to monopolize film distribution.

Wikipedia. “General Film Company,” April 7, 2025. https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=General_Film_Company&oldid=1284431293.
Works in catalogue
  • In the foreground, a face is out of focus. Peeking around behind them is Ellis, a Black person with a buzzcut and wearing a military green camo top.

    The Inspection

    film/video, 2022

    In Elegance Bratton’s deeply moving film inspired by his own story, a young, gay Black man, rejected by his mother and with few options for his future, decides to join the Marines, doing whatever it takes to succeed in a system that would cast him aside. But even as he battles deep-seated prejudice and the grueling routines of basic training, he finds unexpected camaraderie, strength, and support in this new community, giving him a hard-earned sense of belonging that will shape his identity and forever change his life.