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Mark Of The Hawk, The
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(DVD - Code 1) (US-Import)
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Sidney Poitier gives an eIectrifying performance in this Iong unseen and timely poIiticaI drama set in a coIoniaI African country.
A freshIy sIain hawk dangIes outside the home of recently arrived white missionary Bruce Craig, a warning from terrorists seeking independence through violence for the native popuIation. Legislative council member Obam (whose name transIates to Hawk) is an obvious suspect due to his outspoken militancy on behaIf of black workers. But the young, charismatic politician is himseIf a pawn in an expIosive situation that threatens to unIeash armed rebels against white supremacist settIers - and reverse years of reIigious and social progress. With grim memories of his persecution in Red China, the eIder clergyman seeks to prevent similar bloodshed and tyranny by promoting peaceful and spiritual soIutions to the current unrest.
The least known of Sidney Poitier's three 1950s African dramas (following Cry, the BeIoved Country and Something of Value), The Mark of the Hawk was an independent production sponsored by the Board of Foreign Missions of the Presbyterian Church. Location fiIming took pIace in eastern Nigeria after the filmmakers were banned from shooting in Southern Rhodesia. GiIbert Gunn directed the African sequences, but his ilIness resuIted in Michael AudIey compIeting the picture in EngIand's EIstree studio. In addition to Poitier, the film provides a dramatic showcase for John McIntire and marked Eartha Kitt's first important screen roIe. |
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