Song of freedom : Big fella /

Song of freedom: A successful concert singer discovers he is the descendant of a West African queen whose tribe is now in need of a leader. Songs include "Sleepy river," "Lonely road," "Song of freedom," and "The black emperor."

Bibliographic Details
Corporate Authors:	Exclusive Supply Corporation, Armand Hammer Productions, British Lion Films, Kino International Corporation
Other Authors:	Wills, J. Elder (James Elder), Robeson, Paul, 1898-1976, Welch, Elisabeth, Percy, Esmé, 1887-1957, Grant, Eldon, 1922-1950, Emerton, Roy, 1892-1944, Rogez, Marcelle, 1909-1993, McKay, Claude, 1890-1948, Wallace, Claude, Holloway, Dorothy
Format:	Video DVD
Language:	English
Published:	New York, NY : Kino on Video, [2000]
Series:	Paul Robeson collection.
Subjects:	African Americans > Drama. Musical films. Motion pictures, American. Motion pictures, British. Feature films.

Description
Summary:	Song of freedom: A successful concert singer discovers he is the descendant of a West African queen whose tribe is now in need of a leader. Songs include "Sleepy river," "Lonely road," "Song of freedom," and "The black emperor." Big fella: Joe, a dockworker in Marseilles, finds a missing boy and takes him to stay with a local cafe singer, Miranda, where they both become surrogate parents to the child. Songs include "Lazin'," "Roll up, sailor man," "You didn't ought to do such things," "All God's chillun got a robe," "My curly-headed baby," and "River steals my folks from me."
Item Description:	Title from disc surface. Song of freedom based on a story by Claude Wallace & Dorothy Holloway. Big fella based on the novel: Banjo / by Claude McKay. Digitally mastered from archive 35mm elements. Originally released as motion pictures in 1936 and 1937 respectively. Videorecording.
Physical Description:	1 videodisc (153 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 chapter index card.
Format:	DVD.
Production Credits:	Song of freedom: photography, Eric Cross, Harry Rose, & Thomas Glover ; editor, Arthur Tavares. Big fella: camera, George Stretton, H. Thomson ; editor, Brereton Porter, D. Robertson.