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Go Tell It on the Mountain

Film

Go Tell It on the Mountain

6.4

1h 36m

1984

Synopsis

This film adaptation of James Baldwin's celebrated novel tells the journey of a family from the rural South to "big city" Harlem seeking both salvation and understanding and of a young boy struggling to earn the approval of a self-righteous and often unloving stepfather.

Director

Stan Lathan

Drama

based on novel or bookrural south

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Cast & Crew

Paul Winfield

Paul Winfield

as Gabriel Grimes

James Bond III

as John

Olivia Cole

Olivia Cole

as Elizabeth

Rodrick F. Wimberly

as Roy

Rosalind Cash

Rosalind Cash

as Aunt Florence

Rose Weaver

Rose Weaver

as Mother Washington

Desiree Coleman

as Ella Mae

Giancarlo Esposito

Giancarlo Esposito

as Elisha

Linda Hopkins

Linda Hopkins

as Sister McCandless

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