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Native Land (1942)

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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Paul Strand profile
Paul Strand

Director

Leo Hurwitz profile
Leo Hurwitz

Director

Cast

Paul Robeson profile
Paul Robeson

Narrator

Fred Johnson profile
Fred Johnson

Fred Hill

Mary George profile
Mary George

Hill's Wife

John Rennick profile
John Rennick

Hill's Son

Amelia Romano profile
Amelia Romano

Young Girl in Cleveland

Houseley Stevenson profile
Houseley Stevenson

White Sharecropper

Louis Grant profile
Louis Grant

Black Sharecropper

James Hanney profile
James Hanney

Mack

Howard Da Silva profile
Howard Da Silva

Jim

Art Smith profile
Art Smith

Harry Carlyle

Robert Strauss profile
Robert Strauss

Frank Mason, grocer

John Marley profile
John Marley

Thug With Crowbar

Paul Robeson profile
Paul Robeson

Narrator

Fred Johnson profile
Fred Johnson

Fred Hill

Mary George profile
Mary George

Hill's Wife

John Rennick profile
John Rennick

Hill's Son

Amelia Romano profile
Amelia Romano

Young Girl in Cleveland

Houseley Stevenson profile
Houseley Stevenson

White Sharecropper

Louis Grant profile
Louis Grant

Black Sharecropper

James Hanney profile
James Hanney

Mack

Howard Da Silva profile
Howard Da Silva

Jim

Art Smith profile
Art Smith

Harry Carlyle

Robert Strauss profile
Robert Strauss

Frank Mason, grocer

John Marley profile
John Marley

Thug With Crowbar

Extra

Release Date

May 11, 1942

Original Language

English

Budget

$0.00

Production Company

Frontier Films logo

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