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    Native Land

    89'

    1942-05-11

    6.3

    The Picture with the Most Exciting Story of Our Time!

    Drama,History

    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.

    DirectingLeo HurwitzWritingLeo Hurwitz

    Cast

    1

    Narrator

    Paul Robeson

    1

    Fred Hill

    Fred Johnson

    1

    Hill's Wife

    Mary George

    1

    Hill's Son

    John Rennick

    1

    Young Girl in Cleveland

    Amelia Romano

    1

    White Sharecropper

    Houseley Stevenson

    1

    Black Sharecropper

    Louis Grant

    1

    Mack

    James Hanney

    1

    Jim

    Howard Da Silva

    1

    Harry Carlyle

    Art Smith

    1

    Frank Mason, grocer

    Robert Strauss

    1

    Thug With Crowbar

    John Marley

    1

    Eugene Poulnot

    Harry Wilson

    Details:

    • Budget: 0
    • Home page
    • Revenue: 0
    • List of countries:
      1. United States of America
    • List of languages:
      1. English
    • List of companies:
      1. Frontier Films
    • Vote Count: 14
    • Popularity: 0.5831
    • Status: Released
    • Original title:Native Land

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