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      Hallelujah

      1929, Musical, 1h 46m

      14 Reviews 500+ Ratings

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      Zeke Johnson (Daniel L. Haynes) and his brother, Spunk (Everett McGarrity), sell their family's crops for $100. When Zeke manages to lose the money gambling, due to his shifty girlfriend, Chick (Nina Mae McKinney), a fight ensues in which Spunk is killed. This causes Zeke to leave and seek a religious life. Years later, he returns to his hometown as a preacher, bringing his fiancée, Missy Rose (Victoria Spivey). However, Chick is still interested and knows how to manipulate him.

      • Genre: Musical

      • Original Language: English

      • Director: King Vidor

      • Writer: King Vidor, Wanda Tuchock, Ransom Rideout, Richard Schayer

      • Release Date (Theaters):  wide

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      • Distributor: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Distributing Corp.

      • Production Co: Metro Goldwyn Mayer

      • Sound Mix: Mono

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      • May 01, 2016
        It is admirable that Vidor wanted to show "the Southern Negro as he is" in this historically important, all-black musical film intended for a general audience as an authentic representation of black culture in the 1920s, but it is also unfortunately very condescending and artificial.
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      • Oct 08, 2013
        Yeah. Not much to mine of interest here. Blacks on screen! Ooh wow! It's a wee bit condescending.
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      • Oct 17, 2007
        won recognition as a best picture by NBR
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