Black Jesus

Year: 1968

Runtime: 89 mins

Language: Italian

Director: Valerio Zurlini

Drama

He who isn’t with me is against me. This thinly‑disguised biography follows Lalubi, a Christ‑like figure based on Patrice Lumumba, as he leads his people in passive resistance against a dictatorial regime supported by European colonizers. Lalubi is arrested, tortured, and shares a prison cell with a thief whose worldview changes through their encounters.

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