Name Jean-Claude Marre Role Writer | ||
Occupation Actor, producer, director, writer Movies Chocolate City, Color of the Cross, Gang of Roses, Gang of Roses 2: Next Gen, Pastor Jones Similar People Robert Ri'chard, Gabriel Casseus, Eurika Pratts, Darrin Henson, DeRay Davis | ||
Director Jean Claude La Marre Talks About His Latest Film Chocolate City
Jean-Claude La Marre is an American writer, director, and film and television actor. His film credits include Malcolm X, Dead Presidents, Gang of Roses and Go for Broke. On television, he has guest-starred on New York Undercover, Law & Order, and NYPD Blue.
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Biography
La Marre is an American of Haitian descent.
Films
In 1994, La Marre plays as Jake in Fresh. La Marre's Color of the Cross, is a film that portrays Jesus as a black man, and implies that Christ's persecution was a racially motivated hate crime.
In 2007, LaMarre set up a distribution output deal for his film label, Nulite Media Group. Among the films released through the label are the revisionist western, Gang of Roses, Trapped: Haitian Nights, Broom Wedding, and Nora's Hair Salon, with a cameo by Whitney Houston in the film. LaMarre also directed David Carradine in his final American made film, Brothers in Arms for Sony.