Brother Martin: Servant of Jesus

Brother Martin: Servant of Jesus
Brother Martin: Servant of Jesus
	Poster art
Directed by	Spencer Williams
Written by	Spencer Williams
Starring	Spencer Williams
Distributed by	Sack Amusement Enterprises
Release date	1942 (U.S.);
Country	United States
Language	English

Brother Martin: Servant of Jesus (1942) is a race film written and directed by Spencer Williams.

Plot

Production

The film was produced in Tulsa, Oklahoma, on the grounds of St. Monica Catholic Church.^[1] It featured an all-black cast and was produced exclusively for exhibition in U.S. cinemas serving African American communities. It was among a number of religious-themed feature films created by Williams during the 1940s, who also wrote and directed The Blood of Jesus (1941) and Go Down, Death! (1944).^[2]

Preservation status

No archive or private collection is known to have a print of Brother Martin: Servant of Jesus, and it was thought to be a lost film.^[3] A trailer^[4]^[5] was located at UCLA by Ray Langstone in 2022.

References

External links

Brother Martin: Servant of Jesus at IMDb

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