My friend and fellow Bible-movie enthusiast Matt Page lives in the UK, so he had a chance to see The Book of Clarence when it premiered at the BFI London Film Festival in October. I've been following the news about this film since director Jeymes Samuel started talking about it a year and a half ago, so I figured I'd ask Matt for some details about the film.

We also talked about how the film fits into the history of Bible films in general, and how it compares to other films that have dealt with racial representation in biblical stories, from 1936's The Green Pastures to 1973's Jesus Christ Superstar and beyond.

The Book of Clarence comes to theatres January 12, 2024.

0:00 -- Introducing Matt.
3:38 -- Introducing The Book of Clarence (2023) and its world premiere.
7:50 -- How is The Book of Clarence a “Bible film”?
14:05 -- How does The Book of Clarence compare to Hail, Caesar! (2016)?
15:56 -- Is Spartacus (1960) a “Bible movie”?
17:58 -- Accuracy, artifice, and anachronism in biblical and historical films.
28:42 -- Black actors and characters in The Green Pastures (1936) and other Bible films.
34:27 -- How the parents of Jesus are portrayed in The Book of Clarence.
45:18 -- How Peter and the other disciples are portrayed.
47:37 -- The presence of black Jews in Jesus’ day.
50:35 -- Chiwetel Ejiofor’s accent as Peter in Mary Magdalene (2018).
52:15 -- Real-world controversy over Clarence being a “false messiah”.
1:01:17 -- The film's shifts in tone between comedy and drama.

You can read an intro to this video and check out some links to various posts and articles on the topics we discuss here:
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