Native Land (1942)
1942 · Feature film · 89 min · dir. Leo Hurwitz
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Synopsis
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…
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Details
- Director
- Leo Hurwitz
- Writer
- Leo Hurwitz
- Cinematography
- Paul Strand
- Studio
- Frontier Films
- Released
- 1942-05-11
- Awards
- 1 nomination
- Running time
- 89 minutes
Cast & crew
Leo Hurwitz Director
Paul Robeson
Fred Johnson- Mary George
- John Rennick
- Amelia Romano
Houseley Stevenson- Louis Grant
- James Hanney
