Here’s a movie in honour of the one who’s death is marked by
this holiday. Many of the depictions of Jesus in movies over the last century
have been fairly criticized for their use of white actors with blue eyes. Now
there’s a movie coming with Jesus portrayed as a black Jew.
Colour of The Cross being released in November this year, portrays the last 48
hours of Jesus’ life – with a black actor in the starring role: Jean-Claude La
Marre. La Marre, director and scriptwriter for the film, was also involved with
African American-themed Westerns “Gang of Roses,” which starred musicians Lil
Kim and Bobby Brown, and “Brothers in Arms.” Mary will be portrayed by Debbi
Morgan of “Coach Carter” and “Woman Thou Art Loosed”.
Filming was produced at Nu-Lite Entertainment by producers
Rev. Cecil “Chip” Murray, Jessie Levostre and Kenneth Halsband, executive
producers Lila Aviv, Paul Noe, Marc Porterfield, Michele Gonda and co-producer
Marcello Thedford. Rev. Cecil “Chip” Murray served as the senior pastor of Los
Angeles’ First African Methodist Episcopal Church (FAME) for over 27 years and
played a leading role in calming the tension sparked off in the race riots in
Los Angeles in 1992.
Not only does this film challenge mainstream perceptions of
Jesus. The movie paints his death as a race-related crime.
Color of the Cross has an official site: www.colorofthecross.com
which features stills and a trailer in Quicktime, Windows Media and Flash
formats.
Compiled By Duncan Macleod
Duncan Macleod, editor of The Inspiration Room, has been
blogging on advertising since 2003. It all began with the use of television
commercials as texts in seminars on popular culture and generational change.
Duncan started Duncan's TV Ad Land which grew into a network of sites focusing
on TV ads, print advertising, music videos and political advertising. In 2008
Duncan joined forces with The Inspiration Room team to develop The Inspiration
Room Daily. Duncan is based in Sydney, NSW, Australia.
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