The Gospel at Colonus

(1985)

★ 8.2 IMDb · 78 votes

Genres: Music

Year: 1985

Runtime: 87 мин

Country: United States of America

Director: Lee Breuer, Kirk Browning

Cast: Clarence Fountain, Isabell O'Connor, Карл Ламбли, Jevetta Steele, Морган Фримен, The Soul Stirrers

Plot

An African-American musical version of Sophocles's tragedy, Oedipus at Colonus. In 1985 PBS televised the original Brooklyn Academy of Music production, as presented by the American Music Theater Festival at the Annenberg Center in Philadelphia, as part of the Great Performances series.