THE EMPEROR JONES

“Jones’ journey is a common one in American myth: the confident, clever young man working his way up the class structure. Though here it is the far more treacherous route that African-American men, in an era of lynchings and segregation, had to nimbly tread.” – Pre-Code.com

Gin, gals, dice and murder made him a fugitive in the night…but morning found him a king! The unscrupulous Brutus Jones (American icon Paul Robeson) escapes from jail and bluffs his way to becoming the emperor of a Caribbean island. Claiming to have magical powers and ruling with an iron fist, Jones is a haunting, unforgettable character in a tale that hasn’t lost an ounce of its relevancy in nearly 100 years.