VOODOO MACBETH on Blu-ray, DVD and Digital |
Based on the true story of young Orson Welles – 20-years-old and just starting out -- and Broadway star Rose McClendon managing a group of committed artists as they set out to create a landmark event in theater history, VOODOO MACBETH unspools the incredible tale of the Negro Theatre Unit’s revolutionary 1936 production of “Macbeth”. Following a triumphant run at more than 20 film festivals and a 2022 major market theatrical release, VOODOO MACBETH will arrive on Blu-ray, DVD and all digital/transactional outlets. It will also be available for digital rental, including on cable and satellite VOD.
With FDR’s New Deal providing funding for the Federal Theatre Project, legendary theater actress and leading figure in the Harlem Renaissance Rose McClendon, with a young John Houseman, who helmed the Harlem Negro Theater Unit together, decided to bring “Macbeth” to the community at the Lafayette Theater -- with an all-Black cast. For this groundbreaking production, they’d turn to an incredibly gifted but untested Welles who was just beginning his career in New York...
Continue reading: VOODOO MACBETH arrives on Blu-ray, DVD and Digital January 17 from Lightyear Entertainment in News.
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