The Gospel at Colonus

Movie · 1h 27m

Starring Clarence Fountain, Isabell O'Connor, Carl Lumbly, Jevetta Steele

An African-American musical version of Sophocles's tragedy, Oedipus at Colonus. In 1985 PBS televised the original Brooklyn Academy of Music production, as presented by the American Music Theater Festival at the Annenberg Center in Philadelphia, as part of the Great Performances series.