Color of the Cross (2006)
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Cast
as Jesus
as Mary
as Horatius
as Caiaphas
as Peter
as Peter
as Leah
as John
as Judas
as Mary Magdalene
as Matthew
as Thomas
as Thaddeus
as Thomas
as Timothy
as James
as Nicodemus
as Joseph
as James of Zebedee
Critic Reviews for Color of the Cross
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Color of the Cross, a low-budget re-imagining of Christs final days, makes a big deal out of the relatively tame suggestion that Jesus was black.
Filled with close-ups of Jesus and his apostles (all the better to hide the absence of elaborate period sets), mixing quotes from the Scripture with flat exposition, this low-budget affair is earnest and, alas, more than a little bit cartoonish.
...The first film to depict a black African Jesus is hindered by shoddy production values and so-so storytelling.
Lacking the drama of Jesus' trial and the passion, as well as the substance of his teachings, (actor Jean Claude) LaMarre's turgid take has very little to offer dramatically or inspirationally.
Many are calling Color of the Cross controversial, but it's really not. It simply states a possibility -- that Christ was a man of color -- which it dramatizes earnestly within the narrow confines of its $2.5 million budget.
The Crucifixion revisited featuring a black Jesus as the victim of a bias crime!
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