News Analysis
Color of the cross

On October 27 2006, Jean-Claude La Marre, brought a new gift for the people who were suffered by the color line. He, as a black_ American director and screenwriter, is talking from the side of all annoyed people from racism.
This production is actually the first unique dramatic film in Hollywood's history that depicts Christ as a Black man. More over it is trying to inject race as a main factor of crucifixion of Christ. The film examined the final 48 hours of Jesus Christ’s life before his capture at Mount Gethsemane.
''Color of the cross" was first released in Atlanta, Washington DC, Baltimore, St. Louis, Memphis, and Detroit in 2006/27 of October and in 10th November in Cleveland, Houston, Chicago, Jackson, MS, Dallas, Birmingham, Norfolk, Little Rock, Kansas City, New York, Los Angeles, Miami-Ft. Lauderdale, Columbia, SC.
CNN had an interview with the director. When Jean-Claude La Marre was asked about the Christians feeling for worshiping black Christ he said, that if they are real Christians and have problem with this issue, they have to look inward.
Over centuries, race has been a matter of concern and still nowadays, despite forming globalization wave, nothing is reduced from the importance of race. Still humanity is challenging for skin color. Although Du Bois notified that the problem of the 20th century is the problem of the color line, but I believe this is not specified for 20th century. Since self aggrandizing is existing, black and white, WE and THEM, superior and inferior, are existing too.
"Color of the cross" is breaking the white's supremacist's taboo. This film with depiction of Christ as a black man has two implications. First that blew a new soul to racism victims is that a black man, who is" inferior" in white's racism viewpoint, can achieve a prophetic place and be chosen by God to bring justice and moral values for human beings. The second implication may double black Christians anger toward racism, that Christ was crucified for his skin color.
As a Muslim, it is hard to predict which implication is more dominant. In Islamic approach, virtue is the only criteria for human's supremacy, not skin color or class or etc. what makes race more controversial issue is lack of tolerance and moral values. Hope that globalization produces more tolerance for everyone.