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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.
Original Release
05/11/1942
US Release
05/11/1942
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Cast
Name | Character |
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Paul Robeson | Narrator / Vocalist |
Fred Johnson | Fred Hill, farmer / 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, union president / Mack |
Howard Da Silva | Jim - informant / Jim |
Art Smith | Harry Carlyle |
Directors
Writers
Paul Strand, Leo Hurwitz, Ben Maddow
Cast
Name | Character |
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Paul Robeson | Narrator / Vocalist |
Fred Johnson | Fred Hill, farmer / 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, union president / Mack |
Howard Da Silva | Jim - informant / Jim |
Art Smith | Harry Carlyle |
Bert Conway | |
Richard Bishop | Spy Executive |
Charles Jordan | |
Vaughn King | Mary, Mack's wife |
Robert Strauss | Frank Mason, grocer |
Dolores Cornell | Girl with Balloon |
John Marley | Thug With Crowbar |
Tom Connors Jr. | Joseph Shumaker |
Harry Wilson | Eugene Poulnot |
Charles Webber | Minister |
Producers
Name | Role |
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Paul Strand | Producer |
Leo Hurwitz | Producer |