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Uniform Title Blood of Jesus (Motion picture)
Title The blood of Jesus / Amegro Films presents ; written and directed by Spencer Williams
Published [Texas] : Amegro Films, [1941]
©1941

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Description 1 online resource (1 video file (117 min.)) : sound, black and white
Summary "[F]antasy drama race film ... The plot concerns a Baptist woman who, after being accidentally shot by her atheist husband, is sent to a crossroads, where Satan tries to lead her astray."--Wikipedia
Credits Cinematography, Jack Whitman
Cast Cathryn Caviness, Spencer Williams, Juanita Riley, Reather Hardeman, Rogenia Goldthwaite, Jas. B. Jones, Frank H. McClennan, Eddie De Base, Alva Fuller
Notes Online resource; title from title frames (viewed August 2, 2024)
This film was selected for the National Film Registry
Subject Rural African Americans -- Drama
Heaven -- Christianity -- Drama
Hell -- Christianity -- Drama
Angels -- Drama
Devil -- Drama
Christian ethics -- Drama
Rural African Americans
Hell -- Christianity
Heaven -- Christianity
Genre/Form Drama
Feature films
Feature films.
Fiction films.
Race films.
Angel films.
Christian films.
Religious films.
Films religieux.
Films de fiction.
Films chrétiens.
Form Streaming video
Author Williams, Spencer, 1893-1969, film director, screenwriter, actor.
Whitman, Jack, 1908-1998, cinematographer.
Caviness, Cathryn, actor.
Riley, Juanita, actor.
Hardeman, Reather, actor.
Goldthwaite, Rogenia, actor.
Jones, Jas. B. (James B.), actor.
McClennan, Frank H., actor.
DeBase, Eddie, actor.
Fuller, Alva, actor.
Amegro Films (Firm), presenter.