The Blood of Jesus
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Also known as The Glory Road, this was among the approximately 500 "race movies" produced between 1915 and 1950 for African-American audiences and featuring all-black casts. In The Blood of Jesus, a deeply devout woman (Cathryn Caviness) faces a spiritual crossroads after being accidentally shot, and is forced to choose between Heaven and Hell. Spencer Williams, who wrote, directed and starred in the film, produced the film in response to a need for spiritually-based films that spoke directly to black audiences. Long thought lost, prints were discovered in a warehouse in Tyler, Texas, in the mid-1980s.
The Blood of Jesus was added to the National Film Registry in 1991.
This film is available online, in the Southern Methodist University Central University Libraries collection.
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