Black Jesus (film)


Black Jesus is a 1968 Italian drama film co-written and directed by Valerio Zurlini and starring Woody Strode. It is inspired by the finals days of the first Prime Minister of the Democratic Republic of the Congo Patrice Lumumba. It was listed to compete at the 1968 Cannes Film Festival, but the festival was cancelled due to the May 1968 events in France.

Synopsis

Maurice Lalubi, a pacifist rebel leader, is captured and imprisoned with two white felons, a soldier and a thief. At the hands of their captors and a military regime, the three are tortured; however, Lalubi's death would likely turn him into a martyr and lead to the demise of the new government.

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