Hallelujah (1993) | Charles Lane | Dennis Haysbert Phylicia Rashad James Earl Jones Christmas Gem
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- Extremely rare third feature by filmmaker Charles Lane (Sidewalk Stories) was produced for the 11th season of PBS' American Playhouse.
This drama focuses on one Christmas at the Messiah Church in Washington D.C., when a young preacher and, later in the day, a mysterious pregnant girl arrive at the church doors looking to begin new lives. The preacher, the Reverend Oliver Crawford, is not the judgemental church committee's first choice to be the Messiah's new pastor; the unwed father of a teenage son, he is given only two days to prove his worth to his new parishioners. Faced with a difficult situation, Crawford makes use of his brief probation by familiarizing himself with the local homelessness problem. Meanwhile, Katherine, a sixteen-year-old girl who is about to give birth, has come to the area to escape an abusive home and to search for a grandfather she doesn't know. With the help of local homeless advocate "Big" Willie Thorton, Crawford attempts to revive the spirit of the church and provide solace to the displaced girl.
First Aired: December 22, 1993 Old Man Taylor: James Earl Jones. Mayor Turner: Phylicia Rashad. Big Willie: Keith David. Nat: Deon Richmond. Katherine: Tracy Douglas. Eunice: Suzzanne Douglas.
Shared for historical purposes. I do not own the rights.
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I have a gift from God, and he is now 15 yrs. old. His father abandoned us when he became two yrs. old. My son is precious to me. This movie was about love, and acceptance of others. It’s also about unconventional family. This movie was all about love, and helping each other in a cold and dark world. Keep the faith, because God will make a way out of now way!
This is nice but you could've left out the father part. No need to get simpathy for that
Brenda, the Lord gave you the gift of your son and I know that you thank him daily for this. "Family is also a sense of where a person feels that they are loved." Including, yes, "unconventional families." In today's climate, having guidance and support IS indeed a blessing. May you both continue to do well.
@@rawdawgpayne1220 I don't think it was about (sympathy ) word ✔️ time. It was her testimony of what God had done in her life.To bad that you missed the joy 🙂 of Brenda's comment.Have a safe & joyful Valentine's 💗Day take care Uno 2-13-2021
It takes two to tango and sometimes the man don't want to be a father he doesn't have the choice to for abortion cuz you're carrying the baby so he just take away himself single Parenthood is a choice and you have to deal with it cuz you choosed it
I agree with U Love makes all things possible (the Universal Mystic Law of cause and affect has many
Names Buddha,God, Allah, Jehovah, Yahweh etc etc. Spring Always follow Winter) ...Hope makes it work keep lov❤e and Hope alive...
It is so refreshing to see a movie without cursing, sex and negativity.
Exactly
Facts...
Her child was concieved through rape and no one is trying to find nor prosecute the rapist.
There are many out here
Amen
I'm Boomer, a movie connoisseur, I never saw, or heard of this movie, nothing like a good black movie. Once again, thank you for posting another good Cinema from the vault...We truly appreciate the shares!!!!!
Color shows be show by discrimination people
A no judgement movie, as imperfect as we are, we do not stop being God's most precious children, it's honorable to serve with example, it's refreshing to have Hope and New beginnings,. 💡🧸🧺👑🎁🌟
lmao... no judgment... are you blind! The first 30 minutes alone are filled with it!
I loved this movie, it should be shown more in the month of December. This story is simply beautiful and so true to life. This was my first time to see this beautiful movie. Great cast.
It was a pleasure making this movie with Charles Lane. He, without question, is one of the best directors I've worked with. This was shot in NY during the time of the first World Trade Center bombing. Truly an amazing cast and crew. " Hear me world...."
It says 1993
Very good movie. Need more movies like this 💯 Thank you for helping making this beautiful, amazing movie 💜
@@thetravelingmaidThat was the first bombing .
I LOVE ALL THESE CLASSICS.. IT BRINGS ME BACK TO MY CHILDHOOD OF MEMORIES.. IT'S SERENE AND PEACEFUL GOOD & BAD BUT BALANCED.. KEEP UP THE GREAT WORK YOUR DOING FOR OTHERS.. I THANK YOU FOR US ALL😇🤗💜💛💜💛💜💛💜💛💜💛💜💛💜💛💜💛
Exactly
Yes indeed and tears just flowing down my face and smiles of joy, faith, hope and peace. ☀️☀️
This channel should have its own star on the Hollywood walk of fame!
Seriously I agree
Yes..It is nothing like this on CZcams or T.V
Hollywood is the seat of Satan
You would not want to be involved in their satanic ritual
Right On! I Can Dig That! Deep Too! Yeah! Lol! Right On!!!!!!!!
You don't say. I've already shared them on all platforms.
Sensational movie, just what I needed to remind me of His Love for us all even when this world tries to steal it away from us, thank you for sharing it with us mortals.
Hallelujah the whole church went. God is great God is good. Amen!
Y so much suffering in the world?
A lot of familiar celeb. faces and the smooth crisp clear cool voice of the Allstate man.
Big ups for this Washington DC production master piece.💯❤️✌🏾
This was a beautiful movie with my Native Black Actors and Actresses... Very Wholesome and pure...
Jesus Christ
Thank YouBless
JESUS
This movie really touched my soul deep within. I thank all of u that took part in making it. May GOD BLESS all of u...
Absolutely beautiful movie. Wish there were more like it!
“No man can take a woman’s virginity from her ,It’s hers in until she gives it away freely” powerful words
Except in cases of forced rape.
Powerful insight, unless she is forced by the strength of the man.
Yea that’s not necessary true ! Rape is definitely taking a women virginity without her consent
Catherine's mom, should've been more selective, and more considerate of her daughter before selecting a husband.
That's nuts, when raped your virginity is stolen..🇬🇧 21:14
Three legendary black voices of Hollywood. 👏👏👏
Actually 4. Issac Hayes has a small role in this movie. He’s a legend who had an undeniable great singing and speaking voice.
For Some Reason, This Movie is Making me Cry.
Hugs 🤗
Hugs 🤗
me too
I miss good tv movies like this SO much. Thank you!
Jesus
Jesus
Jesus
A very enjoyable movie. Always loved seeing James Earl Jones. And Preacher Crawford has an amazingly beautiful voice. So good to listen to.
This movie I have watched for the first time in 2021 and I was truly blessed and that is why I love JESUS and I still today do his work today for the LORD feeding and caring for the homeless. Catherine had a beautiful testimony. LOVE is the key to everything I do JESUS the source of it all. AMEN HALLELUJAH. Our God Is An Awesome God. God bless you all from NZ. 🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏
Who knew Pastor Greenleaf was homeless before he found Calvary?
😅😅😅
This was a great movie to watch, especially during quarantine.
Amen to that! Really great movie!
Thank you for that comment. The thing is I believe we are all touched by new life. The precious nature of a being made of star dust. Brings to light the seven corporal works of mercy. All about love!
I Love looking at that melanin, the magical energy that comes from it 🎉.
Wow, this Story made me cry like a baby.
Even if now is no Christmas Season, Christ and love always surrounds us.
♡God with us♡
Three of the best voices in one movie.
This is a great inspiring moving you can tell this movie might have been made in the 1980s definitely Goodyear John 3:16 for God so loved the world he gave his only begotten son whoever shall Believe in him shall have everlasting life peace out people love one another move forward not backwards
It would have been great to have a part 2 of this story. Great one! ❤
Thank you for sharing it!
This is going to be a special child for them and today will be so today will be their day for every one to love him and show him some kind of love for his life time sake Amen.
First time watching this movie. I loved it. Beautiful beginning, middle and end.
I loved watching this sweet, heartfelt Christmas story.
Wonderful movie pulls at my heart strings puts a lump in your throat
What an awesome God we serve!! Amen! This was an amazing movie thanks for sharing what a true Lord we serve being there for each other in Gods Eyes the way he wants us to be towards each other. Thanks again for sharing this amazing movie!! God Bless Everyone!! Amen
An excellent movie, for all ages. As God is love, he wants us to love one another.
Excellent movie! Love all the great actors and actresses, ones we know and ones we don’t know! James Earl Jones and the fellow who does the car insurance(Allstate) ads with the great voice! And all the other great actors and actresses! Thank you so very much to whoever put this on CZcams and all of you that acted and directed and produced this film, etc.!! 😀
We need more black movies like this.
Hopefully they keep this movie up for a long time ❤️❤️❤️
🤗I was an extra in this movie! I was a parishioner. I had a great time working with the cast. 👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽😃. Keith David has a BOOMING VOICE and Dennis Haysbert is so handsome and REALLY TALL! 🤔 Don't know why James Earl Jones had such a mean spirit on the set 🤷🏽♀️....but everyone else was great to work with....And oh yeah....😋👉🏽 the food was great 😂👍🏽!!!
As a person that seems to be generally kind, James Earl Jones was probably professionally trying to "stay in character". I was surprised to see that someone had casted him to portray a man that was an absolute grouch.
@@lisabyrd6531 that's a good observation, Lisa😄. He's such a great actor, I wouldn't put that past him.....But the ENTIRE 3 DAYS he was grouchy. More like a curmudgeon 😂! He snapped at the director several times, and refused to stand on the GREEN "X" (camera angle) while everyone else willingly did. Believe me 😏👉🏽, for three days, every "CUT" was cutting my behind and everyone else' sitting on those hard pews 😂😂😂!!!
I'm aware of Actors' contractual limits when it comes to the Extras on the set. But the rest of the cast, along with Suzanne Douglas and Deon Richmond, were SOOOOOO nice and conversational during lunch breaks. Brief in their exchanges, but pleasant. Mr. Jones sat in a Church row all to himself and he refused to eat😳! We thought: Was this movie beneath him🤷🏽♀️? 🤔He was definitely a head-scratcher 😂!!!
@@lisabyrd6531
I totally agree with what Lisa said about James Earl Jones trying to stay in character....
It's very unlike him to be grumpy in real life
Mr James Earl Jones always portray those movies with tense and deep moment, I take it he can’t get out of that character, he’s a great actor , when you see him smile in his movies it’s like removing stitches from his mouth, all respect and honour to people who entertain us, thank you for sharing
@@pauletteforman I DONT BELIEVE A WORD YOU HAVE SAID......YOU SHOULD NOT TALK ABOUT PEOPLE AT ALL..AND YOUR LIL STORY SOUNDS SO FAKE.....TYR THAT SOME WHERE ELSE NO ONES BUYING IT HERE....
This is NOTHING short of a Masterpiece. ❤
I remember seeing this movie when it originally aired! (Edit: I am about the age of the actor playing Nat (aka Kenny, forever)). I thought it was the sweetest little Christmas story back then. Thank you for this #ChristmasinJuly throwback!
I think you mean "Bud" lolol
I just can't accept that he and Dulé Hill are two separate people no matter how many times I check it out on line.
I am truly a movie buff but don't ever remember seeing this great movie.
So put all the deep voiced men in one movie huh
Clothes had quality back then.
Ya
I am so loving all these movies. Never seen or heard of them before but have been binge-watching and cant get enough
What a beautiful Christmas story/movie demonstrating the true meaning of Christmas! Bravo and thanks for sharing this story with the world. Amen and Amen! ❤🙏👏
I don't know why the pregnant young lady, so soft spoken, kind of made me sad struggling carrying that baby. But she sure was pulling her own weight with the suitcase and the baby.
I shedded some tears, at certain times, during this movie, but the choir singing, at the end, picked my spirits right up, as I sung a little with them.
I was kind of expecting Phylicia Rashad to hook up with the pastor, where at least his son, would have a mother. And I wanted to whip his son, lol, for giving his dad a hard time ,and stayed gone some hours. But when he came back, and talked about it, it's something how hearing their side you understand better, and you're not angry anymore at them. Because I grew up with a mama, and mostly everybody has, but when he asked the pregnant girl, what it was like to have a mama, that said it all for me, and I understood why he had been acting mean, and frustrated, and tearing up that nice house. And the answer that young lady gave him was so perfect and it described how I felt having a mother, and I'm sure we all do. A mom is like a safety net, to me, also.
But I know this movie was focused around the birth, of the baby. Love how James Earl Jones took the baby out into the elements, and prayed good life for the baby. That is an old african heritage, I saw on Roots, and I think people need to go back to that, and speak life over the baby, after birth. It sure couldn't hurt.
Great movie, and great cast.
Thank you✌🏽
Well said ⭐
Luther vandross
Beautiful movie ❤ Rest in peace Suzanne Douglas💙💜💙💜🙏🙏
Real good movie. The lil boy at the homeless shelter, 😃... touched my heart...!!!
Yea
Love this movie I love all the handsome actors in it amen
Joyce Carlton L😀L February 13,2021
We need more movies like this today instead of negative movies with drugs, killings, etc.
Sometimes you need these kinds of movies, even if it's in the middle of summer.
Are you kidding me ? This channel never ceases to amaze me ! Where the heck has this movie been ? Never even heard of it but I'm absolutely digging the content. I paid for all those movie channels, only to be reminded the best stuff still is free. Could have bought some more groceries with that money . Now don't get me to depending on you , then you pull a Houdini on a brother ya hear ?
Great movie all star cast.
Great movie!! 😃😃I cried a lot of happy tears😢
Wow.....never seen nor heard of this movie til now and it's 2023.
Great production and Word.!
Thx for this!
The two good Samaritaan 's?A beautyfull movie.
"You're still a virgin until you give it away freely"
Moving is the word for this movie FOX
Excellent, Wholesome, film!!!!!!
HALLELUJAH
Very warm n touching
He took my place
Bless you LORD JESUS
Thankyou ABBA FATHER
Wonderful, Wonderful ✨
THANK YOU Lord 💜
BLESS US ALL, IN 🌟JESUS NAME 🙏🏿🙏🇺🇸🗽AMEN
Beautiful
Outstanding movie
Love all James Earl Jones movies
No magic in Christ so Hollywood, at least they mentioned the Messiah. They don’t in today’s Christmas movies all magic over miracles and Santa over baby Emanuel the world’s greatest gift. #grace 🎁
Christ has nothing to with Christmas it’s actually a pagan holiday Nimrods birthday.
True, true
@@Judah2019 yes totally true
Awesome movie of hope and love.!!! 5 stars.!!
Thank you for this movie. It is great.
Woods this will be the special child for all of them here today now. I really enjoy this movie because it’s so beautiful and lovely too so I hope that you all learn how to treat people.
I'm a white dude but I love movies with black actors. They're just as good as the best of white actors.
true. and oftentimes better.
@@reelblack I love you channel and couldn't agree with you more.
It is a lovely and deep movies. G od bless you all.
I love this movie amen amen Thanks for this amazing story 🔥🔥🔥🔥😘😘😘💯💯💯💯❤❤❤❤❤💃💃🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻👏👍
An excellent cast and an awesome movie message. ❤ Yes, there is hope for us. ❤ ❤
Awesome movie, thank you so much, Reelblack One, for sharing it with us!
Awesome movie.
I'm here for it!!! Pacific Time.
This film is a blessing with great actors young n old this is the second time watching this I can watch this over n over using black people to play the similar role of when jesus was born hallelujah hallelujah praise jesus daily
I liked it,..very nice for my people to see kindness and positivity , instead of total kaos !!!
Keith David is a good actor and singer
I have been looking for this movie FOREVER! Thank you. This brings back warm, happy Christmas memories. I had it on VHS with a Kwanzaa movie that came out about that time. I'm so happy!
I really enjoyed this movie and the choir was awesome!!! 🙏🏾💒 😇
What a Beautiful Movie. Thank You for posting it.
God Bless
This movie was so personal for me that cried during some of the scenes.thanks Reelblacktv for uploading some quality content
This was wonderful! Thank you!❤
Beautiful movie I don't remember watching it as a kid and I love TV very inspirational and I got every meaning of it brought tears to my eyes at the end. Thank You God
Was delighted to get the notice...✨🥰♦️
I’m here to fam... eastern seaboard💥
WE WILL NEVER HAVE MOVIES OR ACTORS AGAIN EVER. PICTURE OF THE HEART AND TO READ BETWEEN THE STORY
REAL TALK....EVERYTHANG DONE TURNED FRUITY!!!
zyruemusic by fruity do you mean they have people from the lgbtq+ community in them.
Hallelujah ❤ Loved this
A very good movie. It truly lifted my spirit.
Wow wonderful movie
Thanks
Excellent movie🎥👏👏💕😊🙏
An oldie, but a goodie!
Thank you for this movie! Blessings!
I love this movie.
And all the actors in it.
BEAUTIFUL MOVE
Another Good Movie Thankx 🧡🙏🧡
Great Christmas story. Beautiful.
I can watch Dennis Haysbert in anything!!
Great Movie!
Thanks .. Keep It coming
I grew up on lsaak Hayes, oh great looong intros, to his records...loved truly. 🇬🇧 19:33
Thank you👏👏❤️❤️👍
This used to be my movie! We recorded it off TV when it premiered! Excellent Movie! 💜