Pioneers of African American Cinema Short Films 1915-1921 is part of a series of films in the collection entitled 'Pioneers of African American Cinema'

Strange things ensue after a young man attempts to take his own life.

After waking up from his wacky dream, a theater stage hand inadvertently causes havoc everywhere he works.

Buster and his family go on a voyage on his homemade boat that proves to be one disaster after another.

A bank clerk ends up in a seemingly haunted house that is actually a thieves' hideout.

A series of adventures begins when an accident during photographing causes Buster to be mistaken for Dead Shot Dan, the evil badguy.

A drifter at an amusement park finds himself both the bodyguard and hit man of a man targeted by a criminal gang.

The last film made under the banner of Lois Weber Productions, this moral drama, also written by Weber, tackles issues of class and economic inequality, "exploring the 'blot' of society's disregard for its educators and clergymen," according to Weber biographer Shelley Stamp. The real focus of the story is the female protagonists and the anxieties, desires, and prejudices wrapped up in their economic positions. Music by Rodney Sauer and the Mont Alto Motion Picture Orchestra.

The young Gascon D'Artagnan arrives in Paris, his heart set on joining the king's Musketeers. He is taken under the wings of three of the most respected and feared Musketeers, Porthos, Aramis, and Athos.

A young woman confronts the personification of Death, in an effort to save the life of her fiance. Death weaves three romantic tragedies and offers to unite the girl with her lover, if she can prevent the death of the lovers in at least one of the episodes. Thus begin three exotic scenarios of ill-fated love, in which the woman must somehow reverse the course of destiny: Persia, Quattrocento Venice, and a fancifully rendered ancient China.