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The Gospel at Colonus

19851h 27mMovieMusic

An African-American musical version of Sophocles's tragedy, Oedipus at Colonus. In 1985 PBS televised the original Brooklyn Academy of Music production, as presented by the American Music Theater Festival at the Annenberg Center in Philadelphia, as part of the Great Performances series.

DirectorsKirk Browning·Lee Breuer
ProducersYvonne Smith·Yvonne Smith

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Cast · Directed by Kirk Browning

CFClarence Fountain
Clarence Fountain
Oedipus
IO
Isabell O'Connor
Antigone
CLCarl Lumbly
Carl Lumbly
Theseus
JSJevetta Steele
Jevetta Steele
Ismene
MFMorgan Freeman
Morgan Freeman
Messenger
TS
The Soul Stirrers
Themselves

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The Gospel at Colonus hasn't started streaming in Philippines yet. Based on the typical 6–8 week theatrical-to-streaming window, we estimate it will arrive around December 27, 1985. This is a prediction, not a confirmed date.