Brother Martin: Servant of Jesus

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| name = Brother Martin: Servant of Jesus

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| director = Spencer Williams

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| writer = Spencer Williams

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| starring = Spencer Williams

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| released = {{Film date|1942| | |U.S.}}

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| country = United States

| language = English

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| distributor = Sack Amusement Enterprises

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Brother Martin: Servant of Jesus (1942) is a race film written and directed by Spencer Williams.

Plot

Production

The film was produced in Tulsa, Oklahoma, on the grounds of St. Monica Catholic Church.{{Cite web|url=http://cdm15020.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/p16063coll1/id/10070|title=Tulsan To Play Andy In TV :: TULSA AND OKLAHOMA HISTORY COLLECTION|website=cdm15020.contentdm.oclc.org|access-date=2018-05-21}} It featured an all-black cast and was produced exclusively for exhibition in U.S. cinemas serving African American communities. It was among a number of religious-themed feature films created by Williams during the 1940s, who also wrote and directed The Blood of Jesus (1941) and Go Down, Death! (1944).[https://books.google.com/books?id=cIJR0JF6PFoC&dq=%22brother+martin%22+%22spencer+williams%22&pg=PA55 "The 50 Most Influential Black Films" by Torriano Berry, Google Books]

Preservation status

No archive or private collection is known to have a print of Brother Martin: Servant of Jesus, and it was thought to be a lost film.{{cite web |url=http://www.filmthreat.com/index.php?section=features&Id=2104 |title=Film Threat's Top 10 Lost Films, Part Five |publisher=Film Threat |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110607142120/http://www.filmthreat.com/features/2104/ |archivedate=2011-06-07 |first=Phil |last=Hall}} A trailer[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yYyEpY_D90U Trailer: Brother Martin, Servant of Jesus (Spencer Williams, 1940s) - UCLA Film & Television Archive on official YouTube channel][https://www.cinema.ucla.edu/blogs/archive-blog/2022/08/15/spencer-williams-brother-martin-servant-of-jesus Archival Treasures: Spencer Williams' "Brother Martin" Trailer|UCLA Film & Television Archive] was located at UCLA by Ray Langstone in 2022.