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The Film
Before Citizen Kane and The War of the Worlds, leading Broadway actress Rose McClendon and producer John Houseman convince a gifted but untested 20-year-old Orson Welles to direct Shakespeare’s Macbeth with an all-Black cast in Harlem. Reimagined in a Haitian setting, this revolutionary 1936 production, which came to be known as “Voodoo Macbeth,” would change the world forever, but the road to opening night proves to be a difficult one. Orson and Rose – who is to play Lady Macbeth – clash over everything from scene blocking to crew hires, while Houseman contends with a congressman hell-bent on shutting down what he deems “communist propaganda.” Welles and McClendon must overcome political pressure, personal demons, and protests to realize their groundbreaking vision.
PRESS KIT
CAST
Inger Tudor
as Rose McClendon
Jewell Wilson Bridges
as Orson Welles
Jeremy Tardy
as Maurice
June Schreiner
as Virginia Welles
Daniel Kuhlman
as John Houseman
Wrekless Watson
as Cuba Johnson
Ashli Haynes
as Edna Thomas
Gary McDonald
as Jack Carter
Hunter Bodine
as Martin Dies
