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Native Land

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By the start of World War II, Paul Robeson had given up his lucrative mainstream work to participate in more socially progressive film and stage productions. Robeson committed his support to Paul Strand and Leo Hurwitz’s political semidocumentary Native Land. With Robeson’s narration and songs, this beautifully shot and edited film exposes violations of Americans’ civil liberties and is a call to action for exploited workers around the country. Scarcely shown since its debut, Native Land represents Robeson’s shift from narrative cinema to the leftist documentaries that would define the final chapter of his controversial film career.

Top Cast

  • Paul Robeson

    Paul Robeson

    Narrator

  • Fred Johnson

    Fred Johnson

    Fred Hill

  • Mary George

    Mary George

    Hill's Wife

  • John Rennick

    John Rennick

    Hill's Son

  • Amelia Romano

    Amelia Romano

    Young Girl in Cleveland

  • Houseley Stevenson

    Houseley Stevenson

    White Sharecropper

  • Louis Grant

    Louis Grant

    Black Sharecropper

  • James Hanney

    James Hanney

    Mack

  • Howard Da Silva

    Howard Da Silva

    Jim

Overview

By the start of World War II, Paul Robeson had given up his lucrative mainstream work to participate in more socially progressive film and stage productions. Robeson committed his support to Paul Strand and Leo Hurwitz’s political semidocumentary Native Land. With Robeson’s narration and songs, this beautifully shot and edited film exposes violations of Americans’ civil liberties and is a call to action for exploited workers around the country. Scarcely shown since its debut, Native Land represents Robeson’s shift from narrative cinema to the leftist documentaries that would define the final chapter of his controversial film career.

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