The first film I saw with Moses was The Ten Commandments in 1956. The last one I saw was the 2014 Exodus: Gods and Kings. In between was the perfect version – not just for a Bible story, but for movies in general – and that was the Prince of Egypt. Growing up in a deeply devout home, I wasn’t even allowed to go to theaters when I was growing up, but my mom took me to see it when it premiered in 1998 and it has been one of my favorite films ever since. It’s action, adventure, drama, romance, and comedy, not to mention bringing Whitney Houston and Mariah Carey together for “When You Believe,” one of many hits on one of the greatest and most underrated soundtracks of all time.
And Danny Glover played Jethro! Let’s focus on that instead of the list of 90% white actors (Val Kilmer, Michelle Pfeiffer, Sandra Bullock, Ralph Fiennes, Jeff Goldblum, Patrick Stewart, Steve Martin, Martin Short, Helen Mirren, and others) who played people with color. Fun Fact: It wasn’t Danny Glover singing “Through the Eyes of Heaven” when Moses and Tzipporah fell in love too. It was another black actor, Brian Stokes Mitchell, because Danny Glover can’t sing like that. – Jordan Calhoun
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