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Color of the Cross
Directed by
Jean-Claude La Marre
PG-13
2006
88m
Drama
2.9
33%
48%
3.0
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A retelling of the events leading up to the crucifixion of Jesus Christ, based on the idea that he was a black man whose death was a racially motivated hate crime.
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Cast of Color of the Cross
Jean-Claude La Marre
Jesus Christ / Director
Johann John Jean
Judas Iscariot
Adam Green
Thadeus
Jean-Pierre Parent
Thomas
Nick Hodaly
Akiva David
Michael Govia
Brendan Connor
Shervin Davatgar
J.R. Dziengel
Stephen Wozniak
David Gianopoulos
Eliezer Castro
Ilya Baskin
Debbi Morgan
Paul Nagi
Caspar Poyck
Andrea Scarduzio
Natalie Stone
Micci Toliver
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Color of the Cross Ratings & Reviews
Heritage Konpa Magazine
Kam Williams
The Crucifixion revisited with black Jesus as victim of bias crime.
New York Times
Jeannette Catsoulis
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.
TV Guide
Maitland McDonagh
Director, cowriter, coproducer and star LaMarre is more interested in Jesus' teachings than in his suffering, and suggests that race may have helped shape the course of biblical events.
Philadelphia Inquirer
Steven Rea
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.
L.A. Weekly
F.X. Feeney
A too-specific tale of historic injustice rather than one of divinely benevolent sacrifice on everybody's behalf.
Commercial Appeal (Memphis, TN)
John Beifuss
Press releases are promoting the film as 'controversial' before the fact, but compared to such predecessors as 'Jesus Christ Superstar,' 'Godspell' and 'The Passion of the Christ,' 'Color' -- race issue aside -- unspools like a Sunday-school filmstrip.
Detroit Free Press
John Monaghan
...The first film to depict a black African Jesus is hindered by shoddy production values and so-so storytelling.
Variety
Todd McCarthy
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.
Washington Post
Stephen Hunter
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.
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