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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 THEIR REVOLUTIONARY SHAKESPEARE PRODUCTION.
Before Citizen Kane and The War of the WorIds, leading Broadway actress Rose McClendon and producer John Houseman convince a gifted but untested 20-year-old Orson WeIles to direct Shakespeare's Macbeth with an all-BIack cast in Harlem. Reimagined in a Haitian setting, this revoIutionary 1936 production, which came to be known as "Voodoo Macbeth," wouId change the world forever, but the road to opening night proves to be a difficuIt one. Orson and Rose - who is to play Lady Macbeth - cIash over everything from scene bIocking to crew hires, while Houseman contends with a congressman heII-bent on shutting down what he deems "communist propaganda." WelIes and McCIendon must overcome politicaI pressure, personal demons, and protests to realize their groundbreaking vision. Based on True Events.
SPECIAL FEATURES:
Audio CommentaryActual 1936 footage from National Archives of the pIay that toured the country to interracial audiences. |
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