Title 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]

Published [Los Angeles] : University of Southern California, [2021] ©2021

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Description 1 online resource (1 video file (approximately 109 min.)) : sound, color Summary 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 fictionalized account of this revolutionary and ultimately successful production Credits Director of photography, Bashir Achkar ; music, Jongnic Bontemps ; editor, Takashi Uchida Cast Jewell Wilson Bridges, Inger Tudor, Jeremy Tardy, Ashli Haynes, June Schreiner, Daniel Kuhlman, Wrekless Watson, Gary McDonald, Antoine Perry, Hunter Bodine Notes Close captioned Not rated Subject Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616. Macbeth -- Adaptations -- Drama Welles, Orson, 1915-1985 -- Drama McClendon, Rose, 1884-1936 -- Drama SUBJECT McClendon, Rose, 1884-1936 fast Welles, Orson, 1915-1985 fast Subject Negro Theatre Project -- Drama SUBJECT Macbeth (Shakespeare, William) fast Subject Theater -- Production and direction -- Drama African American theater -- New York (State) -- New York -- Drama African American theater Literature -- Adaptations Theater -- Production and direction New York (State) -- New York Genre/Form Drama Video recordings for the hearing impaired Feature films. Fiction films. Show business films. Biographical films. Historical films. Video recordings for the hearing impaired. Vidéos pour personnes handicapées auditives. Films de fiction. Films biographiques. Films historiques. Form Streaming video Author Abebe, Dag, film director. Desta, Agazi, screenwriter Alva, Miles, film producer Phillips, Jason (Filmmaker), film producer. Xiao, Xiaoyuan, film producer Achkar, Bashir, director of photography. Bontemps, Jongnic, composer. 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. Lightyear Entertainment (Firm), presenter. Warner Bros. Pictures (1969- ), presenter. USC Originals (Organization), production company.

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