Product Details

• Actors: Angela Bassett, Danny Glover
• Format: AC-3, Color, Dolby, DVD, Subtitled, Widescreen, NTSC
• Language: English
• Subtitles: English, French, Spanish
• Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only. Read more about DVD formats.)
  
• Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1
• Number of discs: 1
• Rated: Unrated
• Studio: 20th Century Fox
• DVD Release Date: February 10, 2009
• Run Time: 99 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (11 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B001NLJ3O4
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #49,305 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)
• For more information about "Gospel Hill" visit the Internet Movie Database (IMDb)

Editorial Reviews

Genre: Drama
Rating: UN
Release Date: 10-FEB-2009
Media Type: DVD

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

27 of 27 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars The Love of Money, February 13, 2009

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Katrina L. Burchett "Author of Young Adult Fi... (Florida) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Gospel Hill (DVD)

Gospel Hill is a community in the small town of Julia. The people there have lived in their homes for generations. The Valley Corporation plans to build on Gospel Hill, so they want to buy these people out, not caring that many of them have no place else to go. Displacing an African-American community means nothing to these developers, while profiting from the new homes and golf course they plan to build means everything. That is called "the love of money", which is the root of all evil.
Instead of fighting to save Gospel Hill, Dr. Ron Palmer (Giancarlo Esposito) joins the developers, making money by taking advantage of the less fortunate and calling it opportunity. Sarah Malcolm (Angela Bassett) takes a stand against the Valley Corporation. Her husband, John (Danny Glover) shows very little support. He lost his passion to fight for what's right years ago when his father, Paul, was gunned down and left to bleed to death in the street. The 40th anniversary of his father's death is approaching but he's not sure he can bring himself to attend the ceremony to honor Paul Malcolm's legacy. John has to work through the pain he's been feeling for so long. Will he do it in time to save his wife, whose life is in danger?
This movie goes from present to past. The past focuses on Paul Malcolm (Samuel L. Jackson), an activist for social justice, and it's filmed in black & white - nice effect.
There wasn't as much intensity as I expected for a movie dealing with racial issues, and that was fine because although I was a bit bothered by some of the content I wasn't left feeling angry.
Not a whole lot of profanity. Sex scenes weren't graphic. Love Angela Bassett and the strong woman she portrayed. Church scene was touching. Gospel Hill is a good movie worth watching.

11 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Gospal Hill, February 10, 2009

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Judi Tourtelot - See all my reviews

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The movie has an excellent cast; a great story; marvelously directed and beautifully filmed. It is a story for our time.

8 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Gospel Hill, May 18, 2009

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Michael B. Williams (Yigo, Guam) - See all my reviews
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I loved watching "Gospel Hill..." I am from South Carolina and I did not even know nor heard of this TRUE event... Thanks