{"product_id":"of-one-blood","title":"Of One Blood","description":"Three young black boys -- Zebedee, Zion, and Zachariah -- flee the South after their parents are killed in a flash flood. Hopping a train, Zachariah is separated from his brothers, seemingly dying in a fall. Arriving in the big city, the two boys put themselves through school by hard work and determination. Zion becomes a lawyer, while Zebedee joins the police force. Soon they are working together to smash the bootlegging racket that holds the city in a death grip. But the man behind the criminal organization is the one person they never thought they'd see again...\u003cp\u003eBilled as a tale of \"Negro Youth Runs Wild!\", \u003ci\u003eOf One Blood\u003c\/i\u003e is written and directed by its star, Spencer Williams. A pioneering African-American filmmaker, the Louisiana-born Williams got his start in two-reel comedies for producer Al Christie. Striking out on his own, he began making films for racially segregated movie theaters that catered to black audiences. Williams usually wrote, directed, and starred in these films himself. Despite their low budgets, his pictures \u003ci\u003eThe Blood of Jesus\u003c\/i\u003e (1941) and \u003ci\u003eGo Down, Death!\u003c\/i\u003e (1944) are now considered artful examples of early Black Cinema. But Williams found his greatest success when Freeman Gosden and Charles Correll chose him to play Andrew H. Brown in the television version of their radio hit \u003ci\u003eAmos 'n Andy\u003c\/i\u003e (1951-1955). \u003ci\u003eOf One Blood\u003c\/i\u003e had its premiere in New York in 1945, though some sources state that it was completed in 1944. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePLUS: \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eMusic Hath Harms (1929) \u0026amp; Oft in the Silly Night (1929)\u003c\/i\u003e:\u003c\/b\u003e As the arrival of sound took Hollywood by storm, producer Al Christie enlisted the all-black, California-based Lafayette Players theatre company to star in his \"Darktown Birmingham\" series. These two-reel comedies were based on the (often politically incorrect) short stories of white author Octavus Roy Cohen. It was here that Spencer Williams got his start, learning his trade acting and sometimes even scripting. In \u003ci\u003eMusic Hath Harms\u003c\/i\u003e, Williams is a musician offered $500 to play a clarinet solo. The only problem? He's never played the clarinet before. And in \u003ci\u003eOft in the Silly Night\u003c\/i\u003e, Williams is a chauffeur who crashes the boss's car -- with his sexy daughter in it! Starring Spencer Williams, Evelyn Preer. Directed by Walter Graham, Arvid E. Gillstrom.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Alpha Video","offers":[{"title":"DVD","offer_id":45802316628118,"sku":"089218798893","price":9.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0703\/9621\/5446\/files\/089218798893.jpg?v=1762193623","url":"https:\/\/moviezyng.com\/products\/of-one-blood","provider":"Movie Zyng","version":"1.0","type":"link"}