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The Mark Of The Hawk
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Binding: VHS Tape
EAN: 0023975072636
Format: Collector's Edition, Color, NTSC
Number Of Items: 1
Release Date: January 01, 1958
Running Time: 83 minutes
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Rating:  - Interesting but biassed
The theme of the film is essential. It is about conquering independence in African countries that are colonized, here by the English. Must this liberation come through violence or through christian love ? Must this liberation be radical or progressive ? The film answers that christian love is essential, the church must lead this liberation and it must come progressively. We may regret that the point of view of the nationalist forces among Africans are not described in their real terms, contradictions ... Read More
Rating:  - An old film with truth for today
A young Sidney Portier is magnificent as a newly-elected black politician in the white-run government of his country, struggling with how to fight for rights and freedom for his black countrymen. Should he join in the violent raids that his brother helps lead or use nonviolent means propounded by the church he grew up in (and was kicked out of). What impressed me most about this film was the way it portrayed the church and Christianity. It is one of the most honest pictures of "the Church" ... Read More
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