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DVD 30 mins IMDB 8.1
NR (Not Rated)
Paul Robeson: Tribute To An Artist
Criterion (1979)
In Collection
#1347

Seen It:
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Documentary, Short, Biography
USA  /  English

Paul Robeson Himself
Sidney Poitier Narrator
Margaret Webster Herself - Director of 'Othello'
Henry Wilcoxon
Wallace Ford
Kouka
John Laurie
Franklin Delano Roosevelt Himself
Leslie Banks
Edward Chapman
Dudley Digges
Frank H. Wilson

Director Saul J. Turell; Thornton Freeland; Dudley Murphy; Kenneth MacPherson
Producer Jessica Berman
Writer Saul J. Turell

All-American athlete, scholar, renowned baritone, stage actor, and social activist, Paul Robeson (1898–1976) was a towering figure and a trailblazer many times over. He made perhaps his biggest impact, however, in the medium of film. The son of an escaped slave, Robeson managed to become a top-billed movie star around the world during the time of Jim Crow America, always striving to use film to educate viewers about equality, democracy, and the rights of workers. Though he eventually left movies behind, using his international celebrity to speak on behalf of those denied their civil liberties and ultimately becoming a victim of ideological persecution himself, Robeson left a film legacy that continues to speak eloquently of the long and difficult journey of a courageous and outspoken African American.

Edition Details
Distributor Criterion
Edition The Emperor Jones / Body and Soul / Borderline / Sanders of the River / Jericho / The Proud Valley / Native Land / Paul Robeson: Tribute to an Artist
Barcode 715515021722
Region Region 1
Release Date 13/02/2007
Screen Ratio 1.33:1
Audio Tracks English Dolby Digital 1.0
No. of Disks/Tapes 4