Native Land
The Picture with the Most Exciting Story of Our Time!
1942 | 89m | English
Popularity: 3 (history)
| Director: | Paul Strand, Leo Hurwitz |
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| Writer: | Paul Strand, Ben Maddow, Leo Hurwitz |
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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. | |
| Release Date: | May 11, 1942 |
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| Director: | Paul Strand, Leo Hurwitz |
| Writer: | Paul Strand, Ben Maddow, Leo Hurwitz |
| Genres: | Drama, History |
| Keywords | sharecropper, rights |
| Production Companies | Frontier Films |
| Box Office |
Revenue: $0
Budget: $0 |
| Updates |
Updated: Aug 03, 2024 Entered: Apr 27, 2024 |
| Name | Character |
|---|---|
| Paul Robeson | Narrator |
| Fred Johnson | Fred Hill |
| Mary George | Hill's Wife |
| John Rennick | Hill's Son |
| Amelia Romano | Young Girl in Cleveland |
| Houseley Stevenson | White Sharecropper |
| Louis Grant | Black Sharecropper |
| James Hanney | Mack |
| Howard Da Silva | Jim |
| Art Smith | Harry Carlyle |
| Robert Strauss | Frank Mason, grocer |
| John Marley | Thug With Crowbar |
| Harry Wilson | Eugene Poulnot |
| Name | Job |
|---|---|
| Paul Strand | Writer, Director, Director of Photography |
| Ben Maddow | Writer |
| Leo Hurwitz | Editor, Director, Writer |
| Lionel Berman | Editor |
| Bob Stebbins | Editor |
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