Go Down, Death!

Go Down Death
Theatrical poster art
Directed bySpencer Williams
Written bySam Elljay
Produced byAlfred N. Sack
StarringSpencer Williams
Myra D. Hemmings
Samuel H. James
Distributed bySack Amusement Enterprises
Running time
53 minutes
LanguageEnglish
Go Down, Death! (1944) by Spencer Williams

Go Down, Death! is a 1944 race film directed by and starring Spencer Williams. The film's title derives from a poem by the African-American writer James Weldon Johnson.[1][2]

  1. ^ Within Our Gates: Ethnicity in American Feature Films, 1911–1960. The American Film Institute Catalog of Motion Pictures Produced in the United States. University of California Press. 1997. p. 392. ISBN 0-520-20964-8.
  2. ^ "Go Down Death," The Mystical Movie Guide Archived December 15, 2004, at the Wayback Machine