@ajroach42 It's excellent. I watched it last year when I got the "Pioneers of African-American Cinema" boxed set, and it was my favorite film of the lot. Micheaux's films aren't difficult to watch, per se, but they are super intense. I had to take a break between Micheaux films to watch a damn comedy or something, because it's hard to deal with that amount of emotional tension.

What I found pleasantly surprising was the amount of subtlety in "Within Our Gates". It's not just white people being shits (which, to be fair, they largely were). There are good white characters and bad ones, and there are good black characters and bad ones too. Micheaux wasn't grinding an axe, he was commenting on a complex society where good and bad are mixed together.

I'd love to hear your thoughts when you get to see it. Are you watching the version with music by DJ Spooky? That guy's amazing. I've heard some people complain about his scores, but I thought his score for "Gates" really brought he movie home.