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Go Tell It on the Mountain (1985)

Directed by Stan Lathan

Overview

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.

Length 96 minutes

Actors

Paul Winfield | James Bond III | Olivia Cole | Rodrick F. Wimberly | Rosalind Cash | Rose Weaver | Desiree Coleman | Giancarlo Esposito | Linda Hopkins | Douglas Turner Ward | Ruby Dee | Ving Rhames | Joy A. Aaron | CCH Pounder | Alfre Woodard | Kadeem Hardison | Lou Walker | Dan Biggers