Hallelujah is a cinematic milestone: the first all-black feature from a major studio and famed director King Vidor's (The Champ, The Big Parade) first talkie. But the film surpasses its historical significance, telling a story of profound dignity and understanding that it as fresh and moving as the day it premiered. Featuring a largely unknown cast and infused with spirituals, folk songs, blues and jazz (Irving Berlin provided two songs for the production), Hallelujah follows the fortunes of Zeke (Daniel L. Haynes), a poor cotton farmer. He succumbs to the temptations with Chick (Nina Mae McKinney), a mercenary honky-tonk girl, finds salvation in religion, and falls again when his obsession for Chick overpowers his better self. Love, loss, passion, redemption and brilliant moviemaking: Hallelujah has it all.
DVD Details
>Rated: NR
>Runtime: 1 hours, 40 minutes
>Video: 0
>Encoding: Region 1(US & Canada)
>Originally Released: 1929
>Label: Warner
Starring: Daniel Haynes;Nina Mae Mckinney;William Fountaine;Harry Gray;Fannie Bell Deknight;Everett Mcgarrity
DVD Details
>Rated: NR
>Runtime: 1 hours, 40 minutes
>Video: 0
>Encoding: Region 1(US & Canada)
>Originally Released: 1929
>Label: Warner
Starring: Daniel Haynes;Nina Mae Mckinney;William Fountaine;Harry Gray;Fannie Bell Deknight;Everett Mcgarrity
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