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Go Down, Death!
Why this pick
Williams again blends Black church life, melodrama and a vivid struggle between moral conviction and corrupting forces, with the same direct, handmade devotional intensity.
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MOVIE1941 0h 57m USA
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01 / THE STORY
A little about the film.
Razz accidentally shoots his wife Martha when his hunting rifle drops on the floor and discharges. The church congregation gathers at Martha’s bedside to pray for her recovery, and during this period an angel arrives to take Martha’s spirit from her body, but she is tempted by the slick Judas Green, who is an agent for Satan.
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02 / FACES IN THE FRAME
The people who bring it to life.
Cathryn Caviness
Sister Martha Ann Jackson
Spencer Williams
Razz Jackson
Juanita Riley
Sister Jenkins
Reather Hardeman
Sister Ellerby
Rogenia Goldthwaite
The Angel
James B Jones
Satan
Frank H McClennan
Judas Green
Eddie DeBase
Rufus Brown