Native Land

Native Land

1942
1h 29m
6.2

6.2/10

13 votes • View on IMDb

"The Picture with the Most Exciting Story of Our Time!"

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.

Status: Released

Language: EN

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Production Information

Production Companies
Frontier Films
Production Countries
United States of America
Spoken Languages
English

Quick Facts

Release Date May 11, 1942
Status Released
Language EN
IMDb ID tt0035112

Cast

Paul Robeson
Paul Robeson

Narrator

Fred Johnson
Fred Johnson

Fred Hill

Mary George
Mary George

Hill's Wife

John Rennick
John Rennick

Hill's Son

Amelia Romano
Amelia Romano

Young Girl in Cleveland

Houseley Stevenson
Houseley Stevenson

White Sharecropper

Louis Grant
Louis Grant

Black Sharecropper

James Hanney
James Hanney

Mack

Howard Da Silva
Howard Da Silva

Jim

Art Smith
Art Smith

Harry Carlyle

Robert Strauss
Robert Strauss

Frank Mason, grocer

John Marley
John Marley

Thug With Crowbar

Key Crew

Leo Hurwitz
Director
Paul Strand
Director
Leo Hurwitz
Writer
Ben Maddow
Writer
Paul Strand
Writer