Clay Classics: God's Trombones

This trilogy of poems, based on the book in which James Weldon Johnson set down the inspirational sermons of old-time black preachers, includes Will Vinton's The Creation. Nominated for an ACADEMY AWARD as Best Animated Short Film (an award won previously by Vinton's Closed Mondays), The Creation is narrated by James Earl Jones. An OSCAR nominee for The Great White Hope, Jones lends his rich, distinctive voice to this vibrant, colorful depiction of how God created the Earth and mankind in Genesis. Dorian Harewood (Full Metal Jacket) narrates The Prodigal Son, a Biblical parable of sin and forgiveness, and Go Down Death, in which God calls home a long-suffering woman.