Jean-Claude La Marre
| Jean-Claude La Marre | |
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 Jean-Claude La Marre speaking at press conference in Los Angeles on 9 October 2009 |
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| Born | Brooklyn, New York City, New York, U.S. |
| Occupation | Actor, producer, director, writer |
Jean-Claude La Marre is a Haitian-American writer, director, and film and television actor.[1] His film credits include Malcolm X, Dead Presidents, Gang of Roses and Go For Broke. On television, he has guest-starred on New York Undercover, Law & Order, and NYPD Blue. La Marre's Color of the Cross, is a film that portrays Jesus Christ as a black man, and implies that Christ's persecution was a racially-motivated hate crime.[2]
In 2007, LaMarre set up a distribution output deal for his film label, Nulite Media Group. Among the films released through the label are the revisionist western, Gang of Roses, Trapped: Haitian Nights, Broom Wedding, and Nora's Hair Salon, with a cameo by Whitney Houston in the film. LaMarre also directed David Carradine in his final American made film, Brothers in Arms for Sony.[citation needed]
[edit] References
- ^ New York Times
- ^ Johnson, Jason B. (November 7, 2006). "What race was Jesus? 'Color of the Cross' puts a different face on...". San Francisco Chronicle. http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2006/11/07/DDG0VM628B1.DTL. Retrieved 10 August 2010.
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