By Benny Morris (Author), Roger Owen (Editor), Edmund Burke (Editor), Michael C. Hudson (Editor), Walid Kazziha (Editor), Rashid Khalidi (Editor), Serif Mardin (Editor)
The world’s “first black Jesus movie” will premier at Sundance this Sunday. “Son of Man,” directed by Mark Dornford-May, portrays Christ as a modern African revolutionary and “aims to shatter the Western image of a placid savior with fair hair and blue eyes.” | story
See Truthdig’s ”Jesus: The Man, The Myth” by the Rev. Madison Shockley for background on the historical Jesus and representations of “the Christ.”