A Nigger in the Woodpile

This article is about the 1904 film. For the figure of speech, see Nigger in the woodpile.
A Nigger in the Woodpile
CinematographyA. E. Weed
Production
company
Distributed byAmerican Mutoscope and Biograph Company
Release date
  • April 8, 1904 (1904-04-08)
Running time
4 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageSilent

A Nigger in the Woodpile is a 1904 American silent film, with a runtime of four minutes. The title is derived from the idiom nigger in the woodpile, meaning something is wrong or "off". A copy is in the Black films section of the Library of Congress.[1] The video can also be found on YouTube.

  1. ^ Bean, Shawn C. The First Hollywood: Florida and the Golden Age of Silent Filmmaking. Gainesville FL: University of Florida Press, 2008, p. 106.