According to the New Testament, Barabbas[a] (fl. 1st cent.) was a Jewish bandit and rabble-rouser who was imprisoned by the Roman occupation in the Judaea (Roman province), only to be chosen over Jesus by a crowd to be pardoned by Roman governor Pontius Pilate; Martin Scorsese's 'The Saints' captures the story of Saint Moses the Black, a runaway Ethiopian slave and bloodthirsty bandit who, in a sudden moment of faith, is transformed and dedicates his life to Christ.