He movies Mosiah, the first film about the life of Marcus Garvey, joined the catalog of Amazon Prime coinciding precisely with the pardon that the United States granted this Sunday to the first pan-Africanist leader for a sentence he received more than 100 years for mail fraud.
“We are so excited to share that this historic day also marks the release of ‘Mosiah!’ on Amazon Prime Video! We encourage you to buy or rent it and spread it among your family., friends and social media circles”, commented on the production on his social networks celebrating this achievement of the film starring the actor Samuel Lee Fudge.
The film takes place when Garvey, political activist born in the current island of Jamaica and founder of the Universal Negro Improvement Association (UNION), is on trial in New York in 1923 indicted by the United States government for mail fraud in connection with the sale of shares for the Black Star Line, the shipping line designed to repatriate Africans from America.
Garvey and his followers view the trial as an attempt to end the nascent African American rights movement through defamation and as the judicial process unfolds., Several analepses show glimpses of Garvey's life before the trial and his relationship with his second wife. Amy Jacques Garvey.
The film has been presented at multiple film festivals since 2023, winning several awards such as at the International Black Diversity Film Festival in Canada; the award for best historical recreation at the Queens Underground International Film Festival in New York; best performance at The Black Film Summit; the Abraham Lincoln Award at the Chicago International Indie Film Festival; and the debut filmmaker award at the Detroit Black Film Festival, among others.
The film is not available for this part of the continent, but with the use of a VPN you can see the tape.
