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Madonna's 'Like A Prayer' in 1989 was a very famous video. Most of her videos flirted with religious imagery but no more than this one. Mary Lambert was the director and wanted this to be religious and sexual. John Landis described this music video like 'cleavage with a crucifix'. This was a parable story for children where Leon Robinson played the 'black jesus'. Madonna's character witnessed a crime and the black man was arrested but she was scared to tell anyone even though she had seen everything and knew he was innocent due to being threatened by the criminal. She goes to church to pray for guidance and the statue who was intended to be a saint comes to life and makes love to her. This was Robinson and people viewed him as playing Jesus. This caused the cancellation of a massive sponsorship deal. Madonna herself however kept $5 million. At the end of the video she goes to release him.