The Blood of Jesus
The Blood of Jesus is a 1941 American race film written, directed, and starring Spencer Williams. It was also released under the alternate title of The Glory Road.
The Blood of Jesus was the second film directed by Spencer Williams, who was one of the few African American directors of the 1940s. Williams began his career in the 1920s as an extra, and was later able to move up into writing scripts for allblack short comedies produced by the Al Christie studio. In 1928 he directed the silent film Tenderfeet, which was released by Midnight Productions. In 1939, he wrote two screenplays for the race film genre, the Western Harlem Rides the Range and the horrorcomedy Son of Ingagi, and he also acted in these films. Williams was invited by Alfred N. Sack, president of the Dallas, Texasbased productiondistribution company Sack Amusement Enterprises, to write and direct a series of allblack films that would be released to the U.S. cinemas catering to African American audiences.The Blood of Jesus was produced in Texas on a budget of US5,000. To present the afterlife, Williams used scenes from a 1911 Italian film called LInferno that depicted souls entering Heaven. ........
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