Hard Wash (1896)

Release Date: 1896-06-01
Runtime: 0h 1min
Production Company: American Mutoscope & Biograph
Production Country: United States of America
Director: <a itemprop="url" href="https://www.cinebymovies.com/actor/110347/william-k-l-dickson"> William K.L. Dickson

This scene of an African-American woman vigorously scrubbing a black baby was immensely popular with early audiences, and was featured on Biograph’s programs in London and Paris, as well as various locations in the U.S. Edison’s almost identical version, A Morning Bath, was made a few weeks after this was first shown.