Hearts in Dixie

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| name = Hearts In Dixie

| image = Hearts_in_dixie.jpg

| director = Paul Sloane

| writer = Walter Weems

| starring = Stepin Fetchit
Clarence Muse
Eugene Jackson
Bernice Pilot

| distributor = Fox Film Corporation

| released = {{Film date|1929|03|10}}

| runtime = 71 minutes

| producer =

| music =

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| country = United States

| language = English

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File:"Hearts in Dixie" ad from The Film Daily, Jan-Jun 1929 (page 382 crop).jpg, 1929]]

Hearts in Dixie, a 1929 American film starring Stepin Fetchit, was one of the first (All-Talking) sound films, big-studio productions to boast a predominantly African-American cast. This musical film celebrates African-American music and dance. It was released by Fox Film Corporation just months before the release of Hallelujah!, another all-black musical released by competitor Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. The director of Hearts in Dixie was Paul Sloane. Walter Weems wrote the screenplay, and William Fox was producer.Aberjhani & West, Sandra L. (2003). [https://books.google.com/books?id=XP48QWTmjyUC&pg=PA151 Encyclopedia of the Harlem Renaissance], p. 151. Facts On File.

Synopsis

The film has no overarching storyline, consisting of a series of unconnected scenes celebrating the advent of sound technology in the context of "black music".

Hearts in Dixie unfolds as a series of sketches of life among American blacks. Although the characters are not slaves, they are nevertheless racial stereotypes in terms of the contemporary white images of the period.{{cite book|title=Blacks in Films|author-link=Jim Pines|first=Jim |last=Pines|publisher=Littlehampton Book Services Ltd|isbn=978-0289703267|date=1975}}