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Lilies of the Field : Amen

Homer (Sidney Poitier) and the Catholic nuns join together in song despite their vastly different musical experiences.

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dissolve, framing, long shot, low angle, medium close-up, medium shot, music, diegetic, natural lighting, over the shoulder shot, shot/reverse shot

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Black: African-American, LGBTQ: Cisgender Female, LGBTQ: Cisgender Male, LGBTQ: Heterosexual Man, LGBTQ: Heterosexual Woman, White: White Immigrant

"Amen" in Lilies of the Field. Directed by Ralph Nelson, Rainbow Productions, 1963, Kinolab, https://kinolab.org/FilmClip.php?id=2673

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