Go Tell It on the Mountain (film)

1985 American TV series or program

Go Tell It on the Mountain
Based on	Go Tell It on the Mountain by James Baldwin
Written by	Gus Edwards James Baldwin Leslie Lee
Directed by	Stan Lathan
Starring	Paul Winfield Rosalind Cash Giancarlo Esposito Douglas Turner Ward Ruby Dee
Country of origin	United States
Original language	English
Production
Executive producers	Robert Geller Lindsay Law
Producer	Calvin Skaggs
Editor	Jay Freund
Running time	96 minutes
Production company	Learning in Focus
Original release
Network	PBS
Release	January 14, 1985 (1985-01-14)

Go Tell It on the Mountain is a 1985 American made-for-television drama film directed by Stan Lathan, based on James Baldwin's 1953 novel of the same name. It stars Paul Winfield, Rosalind Cash, Ruby Dee, Alfre Woodard, Douglas Turner Ward, CCH Pounder, Kadeem Hardison, Giancarlo Esposito, and Ving Rhames in his first film role. The film was initially broadcast on the PBS television program American Playhouse on January 14, 1985.

Plot

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.

Cast

Paul Winfield as Gabriel Grimes
Rosalind Cash as Aunt Florence
Giancarlo Esposito as Elisha
Douglas Turner Ward as Reverend James
Ruby Dee as Mrs. Grimes
Ving Rhames as Young Gabriel
CCH Pounder as Deborah
Alfre Woodard as Esther
Kadeem Hardison as Royal
James Bond III as John
Olivia Cole as Elizabeth

References

^ Roberts, Jerry (2009). Encyclopedia of Television Film Directors. Scarecrow Press. ISBN 9780810863781.page 327
Sergio (13 October 2013). "What About That Other '12 Years A Slave' Movie?". IndieWire. Retrieved 13 February 2018.
Sergio (13 January 2013). "What About That OTHER '12 Years A Slave' Movie?". IndieWire. Retrieved 13 February 2018.
Bennetts, Leslie (10 January 1985). "JAMES BALDWIN REFLECTS ON 'GO TELL IT' PBS FILM". The New York Times. Retrieved 13 February 2018.

External links

v t e Works by James Baldwin
Novels	Go Tell It on the Mountain (1953) Giovanni's Room (1956) Another Country (1962) Tell Me How Long the Train's Been Gone (1968) If Beale Street Could Talk (1974) Just Above My Head (1979)
Plays	The Amen Corner (1954) Blues for Mister Charlie (1964)
Short story collections	Going to Meet the Man (1965) "The Rockpile" "The Outing" "The Man Child" "Previous Condition" "Sonny's Blues" "This Morning, This Evening, So Soon" "Come Out the Wilderness" "Going to Meet the Man"
Essay collections	Notes of a Native Son (1955) Nobody Knows My Name (1961) The Fire Next Time (1963) Negroes Are Anti-Semitic Because They're Anti-White (1967) No Name in the Street (1972) The Devil Finds Work (1976) The Evidence of Things Not Seen (1985) The Price of the Ticket (1985) Remember This House (unfinished)
Collaborations	A Rap on Race (1971) A Dialogue (1973) Little Man Little Man (1976)
Film adaptations	Go Tell It on the Mountain (1984) I Am Not Your Negro (2016) If Beale Street Could Talk (2018; accolades)

v t e Films directed by Stan Lathan
Save the Children (1973) Amazing Grace (1974) A House Divided: Denmark Vesey's Rebellion (1982) Beat Street (1984) Booker (1984) Go Tell It on the Mountain (1985) Uncle Tom's Cabin (1987) Killin' Them Softly (2000) Sticks & Stones (2019) The Closer (2021)

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