Go Tell it on the Mountain

Go Tell it on the Mountain is a 1953 autobiographical novel by James Baldwin. The novel examines the role of the Christian Church in the lives of African-Americans, both as a source of repression and moral hypocrisy and as a source of inspiration and community. It also, more subtly, examines racism in the United States. The novel is likely Baldwin?s most famous.

Television Adaptation

In an attempt to copy the success of the 1977 mini-series Roots, which was also an African-American family saga, the ABC network produced a made for television movie based in Go Tell it on the Mountain in 1984. Stan Lathan directed while Paul Winfield played Gabriel and James Bond III played John.

Related Topics:
1977 - Mini-series - Roots - Family saga - ABC network - Television movie - 1984 - Stan Lathan - Paul Winfield - James Bond III

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