Rufus Jones for president. All-colored vaudeville show.
Notes:
Rex Ingram, Eddie Anderson, Oscar Polk, Frank Wilson, Myrtle Anderson. Originally released as a motion picture in 1936. Based on a fable by Marc Connolly. Dual-layer format. Special features: commentary by actor LeVar Burton and Black Cultural scholars Herb Boyd and Ed Guerrera ; 2 vingage musical shorts: "Rufus Jones for president", featuring Ethel Waters and 7-year-old Sammy Davis Jr. ; "An all-colored vaudeville show", featuring Adelaide Hall and the Nicholas Brothers ; theatrical trailer.
Summary:
A series of biblical stories are told from a black perspective. Unlike many Hollywood biblical epics, this sensitive, thoughtful film brings to the scriptures a profound level of understanding.
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