Go Tell It on the Mountain (1984)

Director: Stan Lathan

This film adaptation of James Baldwin's celebrated novel tells the journey of a family from the rural South to "big city" Harlem seeking both salvation and understanding and of a young boy struggling to earn the approval of a self-righteous and often unloving stepfather.

Cast

Paul Winfield

Gabriel Grimes

James Bond III

John

Olivia Cole

Elizabeth

Rodrick F. Wimberly

Roy

Rosalind Cash

Aunt Florence

Rose Weaver

Mother Washington

Desiree Coleman

Ella Mae

Giancarlo Esposito

Elisha

Linda Hopkins

Sister McCandless

Douglas Turner Ward

Rev. James