Go Tell It On The Mountain book " the nearly 17-minute epic

" the nearly 17-minute epic "Murder Most Foul" and "False Prophet

supervised by executive producer Harrod Blank

Illuminations

and the people and places that helped shape the man and the art

Murray Lerner visited the annual Newport Folk Festival to document a thriving

Go Tell It On The Mountain book " the nearly 17-minute epicThis haunting coming of age story, based in part on James Baldwins childhood in Harlem, is an American classic. Originally published in 1953, Go Tell It on the Mountain was Baldwins first major work. With a potent combination of lyrical compassion and resonant rage, he portrays a fourteen year old boy questioning the terms of his identity. John Grimes is the stepson of a fire breathing and abusive Pentecostal preacher in Harlem during the Depression.