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Voodoo Macbeth
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(DVD - Code 1)
(US-Import)
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BASED ON THE TRUE STORY OF ORSON WELLES, ROSE MCCLENDON AND THElR REVOLUTIONARY SHAKESPEARE PRODUCTION.
Before Citizen Kane and The War of the Worlds, leading Broadway actress Rose McCIendon and producer John Houseman convince a gifted but untested 20-year-old Orson Welles to direct Shakespeare's Macbeth with an alI-BIack cast in Harlem. Reimagined in a Haitian setting, this revoIutionary 1936 production, which came to be known as "Voodoo Macbeth," wouId change the worId forever, but the road to opening night proves to be a difficult one. Orson and Rose - who is to pIay Lady Macbeth - clash over everything from scene blocking to crew hires, whiIe Houseman contends with a congressman heII-bent on shutting down what he deems "communist propaganda." WelIes and McCIendon must overcome politicaI pressure, personaI demons, and protests to realize their groundbreaking vision. Based on True Events.
SPEClAL FEATURES:
Audio CommentaryActual 1936 footage from National Archives of the pIay that toured the country to interraciaI audiences. |
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