Originally released as a motion picture in 1936. Special features: Commentary by LeVar Burton and Black Cultural Scholars Herb Boyd and Ed Guerrero; 2 vintage musical shorts: Rufus Jones for president; An all-colored vaudeville show. Eddie Rochester Anderson, Rex Ingram, Frank H. Wilson, Edna Mae Harris.
Summary:
'You gotta git your minds fixed,' the rural preacher tells Sunday School children. And the best way to do that fixin' is from Old Testament stories narrated by the preacher, played by a black cast, backed by the joyful gospel sounds of the Hall Johnson Choir and based on Marc Connelly's folk-themed Pulitzer Prize-winning play.
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