Voodoo Macbeth plot
"Based on the true story of Orson Welles, Rose McClendon, and their revolutionary Shakespeare production."
In 1936, the Harlem neighborhood was battered by economic struggles and hardship. After their budget suddenly increases, director Rose McClendon persuades co-director John Houseman to bring Shakepeare's "Macbeth" to the Harlem community at the Lafayette theater - with an all-black cast. For their groundbreaking production, they choose a gifted but unproven director: 21-year-old Orson Welles. His innovative, Haitian take on the Scottish play is as bold and fresh as the cast and crew themselves.