Voodoo Macbeth / Lightyear Entertainment presents, in association with Warner Bros, a USC Originals production ; produced by Miles Alva, Jason Phillips, Xiaoyuan Xiao ; directed by Dagmawi Abebe [and nine others] ; written by Agazi Desta [and seven others].

Voodoo Macbeth /

In 1936, and before Citizen Kane and The War of the Worlds, prominent Harlem Renaissance Broadway actress Rose McClendon convinces untested 20-year-old Orson Welles to direct Shakespeare's Macbeth with an all-Black cast in Harlem. The road to opening night proves to be a difficult one. A fictio...

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Main Author: Bontemps, Jongnic (Composer)
Other Authors: Desta, Agazi (Screenwriter), Achkar, Bashir (director of photography.), Uchida, Takashi (Film editor), Bridges, Jewell Wilson (Actor), Tudor, Inger (Actor), Tardy, Jeremy (Actor), Haynes, Ashli (Actor), Schreiner, June (Actor), Kuhlman, Daniel (Actor), Watson, Wrekless (Actor), McDonald, Gary (Actor), Perry, Antoine (Actor), Bodine, Hunter, 1971- (Actor)
Format: Electronic Video
Language:English
Published: [Los Angeles] : University of Southern California, [2021]
Subjects:
Shakespeare, William, > 1564-1616. > Macbeth > Adaptations > Drama.
Welles, Orson, > 1915-1985 > Drama.
McClendon, Rose, > 1884-1936 > Drama.
Negro Theatre Project > Drama.
Theater > Production and direction > Drama.
African American theater > New York (State) > New York > Drama.
Feature films.
Fiction films.
Show business films.
Biographical films.
Historical films.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
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