When the man learns that his land is valuable, he draws the resentment of another black man, this one light-skinned, who conspires with members of the Ku Klux Klan and attempts to drive the hero off his property. A second presentation will be broadcast at 2 a.m. Gaines' role in the project, as a consultant, was to help the company ensure that it maintained standards in keeping with the film's historical authenticity, as well as its sense of artistry. Under the guidance of Gaines and other consultants, Turner Entertainment began by negotiating with the Museum of Modern Art in New York City, the film's new repository, to create a print from which other copies could be made. The company then translated the film's titles from Flemish and French to English, underscored music by jazz luminary Max Roach, and created a series of connecting segments hosted by veteran black performers Ruby Dee and Ossie Davis. Viewers will notice that TCM's presentation of Symbol of the Unconquered contains an abrupt transition near the end.
Most scholars believe the awkward transition actually reflects a segment missing from the film.
There, he became a novelist, writing autobiographical fiction and selling his books door to door to his white neighbors to raise money to found the Micheaux Book and Film Co. in 1918. Over the next three decades, Micheaux made about 50 films, concentrating on topics such as lynching, interracial marriage and the Ku Klux Klan. More than any other filmmaker at the time, he used black actors and actresses to depict the minority perspective on screen. Micheaux achieved only modest commercial success in the United States because his work was only shown in segregated theaters. He eventually engaged a European distributor, which may explain why a copy of Symbol of the Unconquered was located in Belgium.