Hollywood's first all-black cast film.
The film was first shown to a preview audience as a special, without announcing the title or subject, at the Mission Theatre in San Jose, California on 30 January 1929. (San Jose Evening News, 31 January 1929).
The official premiere was at the Gaiety Theatre in New York City on 27 February 1929.
(New York Evening Post, 27 February 1929)
Bernice Pilot's debut.