Native Land 1942
Native Land
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.
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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Full Cast & Crew... Narrator
... Fred Hill
MG
Mary George... Hill's Wife
JR
John Rennick... Hill's Son
... Young Girl in Cleveland
... White Sharecropper
Release Date:
May 11, 1942 (United States)
Run Time:
1hr 29`
MMPA Rating:
Original Language:
English
Production Countries:
United States
Status:
Released
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Cast & Crew of
Native Land
Directors & Credit Writers
... Director
... Director
Cast
... Narrator
... Fred Hill
MG
Mary George... Hill's Wife
JR
John Rennick... Hill's Son
... Young Girl in Cleveland
... White Sharecropper
LG
Louis Grant... Black Sharecropper
JH
James Hanney... Mack
... Jim
... Harry Carlyle
... Frank Mason, grocer
... Thug With Crowbar
... Eugene Poulnot