Native Land
1942
The Picture with the Most Exciting Story of Our Time!
- Paul Strand,Leo Hurwitz
- 1h 29m
- May 11, 1942 · United States of America
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.
Details
- Status
- Released
- Release date
- May 11, 1942
- Original language
- English
- Spoken languages
- English
- Countries
- United States of America
- Production
- Frontier Films
- Cast
- Art Smith,John Marley,James Hanney,Amelia Romano,Fred Johnson,Houseley Stevenson,Mary George,Harry Wilson,Howard Da Silva,Louis Grantand 3 more
- Director
- Paul Strand,Leo Hurwitz
- Writer
- Ben Maddow,Paul Strand,Leo Hurwitz
- Cinematography
- Paul Strand
- Budget
- Not recorded
- Revenue
- Not recorded
- IMDb
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