Of One Blood (1944)

Of One Blood is a 1944 American race film directed, written by and starring Spencer Williams. The film focuses on two orphaned African American brothers who grow up to become a lawyer and a police officer, and who work together to break up a crime ring run by a miscreant who turns out to be their long-lost oldest brother. Plot: Orphaned brothers grow up to become a police officer and a lawyer, and work to rid their city of a bootlegging gang. Like many race films, all of Williams' works were thought to have been lost. At the time, films were printed on nitrate film, which is highly flammabl…