In 1936 Harlem, the first all-Black cast to perform Shakespeare's 'Macbeth', directed by a young and arrogant Orson Welles, battles to make it to opening night.
Acting
Inger Tudor carries the soul of this thing.
Production
Nine directors somehow made a coherent film—miracle or chaos?
Director
Agazi Desta
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
The real 'Voodoo Macbeth' ran for 10 weeks to packed crowds, then Welles never worked with most of the cast again. Classic.
This was part of the Federal Theatre Project—essentially the government funding radical Black art until Congress got scared and killed it in 1939.
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