cherokee1002 Jul 9, 2009 Lilies of the Field is a 1963 film adapted from the 1962 novel with the same name by William Edmund Barrett starring Sidney Poitier, Lilia Skala, Stanley Adams and Dan Frazer, was adapted by James Poe from the novel. It was … [More]

cherokee1002 Jul 8, 2009 Lilies of the Field is a 1963 film adapted from the 1962 novel with the same name by William Edmund Barrett starring Sidney Poitier, Lilia Skala, Stanley Adams and Dan Frazer, was adapted by James Poe from the novel. It was produced and directed by Ralph Nelson. The title comes from Matthew 6:27-33 a portion of the Sermon on the Mount in the New Testament and its parallel scripture from Luke 12:27-30 .It tells the story of an African American itinerant worker who encounters a group of East German nuns who are convinced he has been sent to them by God to help them build a new chapel.