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Voodoo Macbeth / Lightyear Entertainment presents ; in association with Warner Bros ; a USC Original ; produced by John Watson, Jason Phillips, Miles Alva, Xiaoyuan Xiao ; directors, Dagmawi Abebe [and 9 others].
Van Pelt - Video Collection (ask at Circulation Desk) DVD 035 957
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- Format:
- Video
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- African American actresses--Drama.
- African American actresses.
- Federal Theatre Project (U.S.)--Drama.
- Federal Theatre Project (U.S.).
- Theatrical producers and directors--Drama.
- Theatrical producers and directors.
- Theater--Drama.
- Theater.
- Actresses.
- Genre:
- Drama.
- Feature films.
- Historical films.
- Social problem films.
- Show business films.
- Fiction films.
- Video recordings for hard of hearing people.
- Physical Description:
- 1 videodisc (108 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
- 4 3/4 in.
- polychrome
- Place of Publication:
- Studio City, CA : Lightyear Entertainment, [2023]
- Language Note:
- English dialogue; closed-captioned.
- System Details:
- DVD, NTSC, Region 0; wide screen (2.0:1) presentation; Dolby 5.1 surround.
- digital
- optical
- surround
- 5.1 Dolby digital
- sound
- NTSC
- video file
- DVD video
- region 0
- Summary:
- Before Citizen Kane and The War of the Worlds, leading Broadway actress Rose McClendon and producer John Houseman convince a gifted but untested 20-year-old Orson Welles to direct Shakespeare's Macbeth with an all-Black cast in Harlem. Reimagined in a Haitian setting, this revolutionary 1936 production, which came to be known as "Voodoo Macbeth," would change the world forever. But the road to opening night proves to be a difficult one. Welles and McClendon--who's playing Lady Macbeth--clash over everything from scene blocking to crew hires, while Houseman contends with Congressman Martin Dies Jr., co-founder of the House Un-American Activities Committee who's hell-bent on shutting down what he deems "communist propaganda." Welles and McClendon must overcome political pressure, personal demons, and protests to realize their groundbreaking vision. Based on true events.
- Participant:
- Inger Tudor, Jewell Wilson Bridges, Ashli Haynes, June Schreiner, Daniel Kuhlman, Jeremy Tardy.
- Credits:
- Director of photography, Bashir Achkar ; editor, Takashi Uchida ; music, Jongnic Bontemps.
- Notes:
- Title from disc surface.
- Originally released as a motion picture in 2021.
- Special features: audio commentary; actual 1936 footage from National Archives of the play that toured the country to interracial audiences.
- For private home use only.
- OCLC:
- 1353246489
- Publisher Number:
- 810069450629
- 00810069450629 gtin-14
- LY5062DVD Lightyear Entertainment
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