Catalog - The City Library

Format:

DVD, Videorecording, Projected Medium, Visual Materials

Title:

Voodoo Macbeth / Lightyear Entertainment presents ; in association with Warner Bros ; a USC Original ; produced by John Watson, Jason Phillips, Miles Alva, Xiaoyuan Xiao ; directors, Dagmawi Abebe [and 9 others].

Publisher, Date:

Studio City, CA : Lightyear Entertainment, [2023]

Description:

1 videodisc (108 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.

digital

optical

NTSC

video file

DVD video

region 0

Summary:

Before Citizen Kane and The War of the Worlds, leading Broadway actress Rose McClendon and producer John Houseman convince a gifted but untested 20-year-old Orson Welles to direct Shakespeare's Macbeth with an all-Black cast in Harlem. Reimagined in a Haitian setting, this revolutionary 1936 production, which came to be known as "Voodoo Macbeth," would change the world forever. But the road to opening night proves to be a difficult one. Welles and McClendon--who's playing Lady Macbeth--clash over everything from scene blocking to crew hires, while Houseman contends with Congressman Martin Dies Jr., co-founder of the House Un-American Activities Committee who's hell-bent on shutting down what he deems "communist propaganda." Welles and McClendon must overcome political pressure, personal demons, and protests to realize their groundbreaking vision. Based on true events.

Target Audience Note:

Rating: Not Rated.

Subjects:

Federal Theatre Project (U.S.) -- Drama.

African American actresses -- Drama.

Theatrical producers and directors -- Drama.

Theater -- Drama.

Genre:

Historical films.

Social problem films.

Feature films.

Fiction films.