John Henry (1986, TV Movie)

Starring:

• Danny Glover
• Lynn Whitfield
• Tom Hulce
• Lou Rawls
• Julian Christopher
• Barry Corbin
• Thelma Houston
• E'Lon Cox
• David Donham
• Jadili Johnson
• Christopher Burton
• Rick Reynolds
• Lemoria English

Storyline

"On the night John Henry was born, lightning bolts shaped like nine-pound hammers filled the sky," and from that day on, John Henry was known as the extraordinary boy who became an extraordinary man. Acclaimed film actor Danny Glover stars as John Henry, the American folk hero who became the famous steel-driving man of American folklore and song.

Verdict: Not Guilty (1933)

Written and Directed by:

• Eloyce Gist
• James Gist

Storyline
Part religious allegory and part church pageant, it presents the heavenly trial of a woman who has died giving childbirth out of wedlock. The jailer wears a mask death’s head mask and a nun’s habit with a skull and crossbones on the front and God sits on an altar, flanked by angels, while the devil attempts to convict the woman for her sins.