Hallelujah

A seductive young woman in a religious community of black sharecroppers manipulates an innocent man into committing murder. Although reflecting its era’s racism, this film is a remarkable attempt to depict black life realistically and sympathetically. Shot as a silent, with sound dubbed in later., One of the first movies to feature an all-black cast, this drama centers on a young plantation hand who becomes a preacher after accidentally shooting his brother, but soon drifts away from his faith after meeting a seductress.