Brother John (film)

Brother John is a 1971 drama film about an enigmatic AfricanAmerican man who shows up every time a relative is about to die. In this story, he returns to his Alabama hometown as his sister is dying of cancer.

After the funeral of Johns sister, he admits to a young woman, Louisa a teacher at the local elementary school that his work is finished, and that he has a few days to do nothing before he must leave. She decides to initiate a relationship with him, in hopes that he will stay. This puts him at odds with a local man who has had his eyes on her since they were in high school. During his time with Louisa, John mentions that one of his friends, now a union organizer, will die soon. After this happens, word of his prediction finds its way to the Sheriff who uses it as an excuse to arrest him. During his questioning we find out more about his travels, but he will never say exactly what his work really is. Doc Thomas comes to visit him in jail, and they have a pivotal conversation. John then walks out of jail and leaves town while the Sheriff and his men are preoccupied with the local labor unrest.Throughout the film there are allusions to Johns true nature in a confrontation with the sheriff, his hesitant relationship with Louisa, his unexplained ability to travel extensively, his apparent facility with multiple languages, his caring aloofness, etc. ........

Source: Wikipedia