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Fritzi Kramer

Fritzi Kramer is the founder of Movies, Silently, a website dedicated to the lost art of silent films.

Stories from Fritzi Kramer

Still from Oscar Micheaux's "Within Our Gates"

Why We Need to Keep Searching for Lost Silent Films

Early motion pictures give us an important window into our collective past