Hallelujah (1929)

I love this poster!

Hallelujah

I screened Hallelujah in my class (Race, Ethnicity, and the Hollywood Musical) recently and found it unbelievably compelling. It is one of the first all-black films produced by a studio and director King Vidor’s first sound film. Here is a clip featuring Nina Mae McKinney:

 

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