La Marre's Adaptation Of Jesus In Color Of The Cross

Color of the Cross was a 2006 adaptation of the events that took place during the last 48 hours of the life of Jesus Christ. In this film, the director (La Marre), wanted to go against the status quo and make Joshua or Jesus (Jean-Claude La Marre), a dark-skinned Jew. This is what I would consider being the underlying challenge to the conventional thinking of Jesus Christ. In making this change to his possible appearance, they have made a major change to the story of the Christ and how we may view Christianity. It appears that Joshua’s death was more of a hate crime for his being black than it was for him actually being the Messiah.

The film starts with a very powerful image of Jesus on the cross, far enough away and dark enough that you are

As we know from the Bible story, Jesus sent 2 of the 12 to go prepare the Passover meal for the what is now known as the Last Supper. The remaining Disciples and Joshua set camp in a clearing. Throughout the film, they make many mentions of this black or dark-skinned Jew. One of the Sanhedrin makes a point to say that it is not possible for the Messiah to be black. That it is blasphemy. It is well known that the Torah does not mention what the Messiah will look like, but merely that he would be a descendant of the line of David and that he would come during the time of Jesus. Iconic images are scattered all throughout this film, such as the one of Jesus holding a lamb. In this adaptation, there is a small black sheep that Joshua holds and says, “If only man would embrace that which is different…black sheep”. They place a great deal of weight on this idea of Joshua being “different”. For example, Joshua, while with his disciples, is asked how it feels to be different. He takes this time to tell the disciple that, “we are all different in my father’s eyes, yet all the same.”. He tells this same disciple that his birth in a manger was because his mother was “different”. It becomes the link through the entire film, that Joshua is being hunted down because he is different, the dark-skinned Jew among light-skinned Jews. This is why they make