Something Good – Negro Kiss

Something Good – Negro Kiss
Directed byWilliam Selig
StarringSaint Suttle
Gertie Brown
Distributed bySelig Polyscope through Sears & Roebuck
Release date
  • 1898 (1898)
Running time
29 seconds (1st rediscovered version)
49 seconds (2nd rediscovered version)
CountryUnited States
Languagesilent

Something Good – Negro Kiss is an American short silent film made in 1898 that depicts a couple kissing and holding hands. It is believed to be the earliest depiction of on-screen kissing involving African Americans, and is noted for departing from the prevalent stereotypical presentation of racist caricatures in American popular culture at the time it was made. The film was a lost film until its rediscovery in 2017, and was added to the American National Film Registry in 2018.

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