Paul Robeson : citizen of the world.

In Proud Valley an African American sailor comes to a Welsh coal mining town in 1938 and helps re-open the mine at the cost of his life. Native Land, a political semi-documentary formed from staged reenactments, leads viewers on an emotional tour of the pre-World War II U.S. and its freedom-based id...

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Corporate Authors:	Co-Operative Association of Producers and Distributors, Frontier Films (New York, N.Y.)
Other Authors:	Robeson, Paul, 1898-1976 (Actor, Narrator), Chapman, Edward, 1901-1977 (Actor), Rigby, Edward, 1879-1951 (Actor), Lack, Simon, 1917-1980 (Actor), Johnson, Janet (Actor), Thomas, Rachel, 1905-1995 (Actor), Johnson, Fred, 1899-1971 (Actor), George, Mary (Actor), Rennick, John (Actor), Romano, Amelia (Actor), Stevenson, Houseley, 1879-1953 (Actor), Grant, Louis (Actor), Hanney, James (Actor), Da Silva, Howard, 1909-1986 (Actor), Smith, Art, 1899-1973 (Actor), Balcon, Michael, 1896-1977 (Producer), Tennyson, Pen (Director, Screenwriter), Jones, Jack (Screenwriter), Golding, Louis, 1895-1958 (Screenwriter), Wolff, David, 1909-1992, Hurwitz, Leo T., 1909-1991 (Screenwriter, Director), Strand, Paul, 1890-1976 (Screenwriter, Director)
Format:	Video DVD
Language:	English
Language Notes:	In English with optional English subtitles for the deaf and hard-of-hearing.
Published:	[United States] : Criterion Collection, [2007]
Series:	Criterion collection (DVD videodiscs) ; 373. Criterion collection (DVD videodiscs) ; 369.
Subjects:	Coal mines and mining > Drama. Coal miners > Drama. African Americans > Drama. Wales > Drama. Human rights > United States > History > 20th century > Drama. Civil rights > United States > History > 20th century > Drama. Robeson, Paul, > 1898-1976 > Interviews. Musical films. Feature films. Video recordings for the hearing impaired.

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Summary:	In Proud Valley an African American sailor comes to a Welsh coal mining town in 1938 and helps re-open the mine at the cost of his life. Native Land, a political semi-documentary formed from staged reenactments, leads viewers on an emotional tour of the pre-World War II U.S. and its freedom-based ideologies and looks at the the forces it sees as threatening to undermine America's strengths from within: greedy capitalists, professional strikebreakers, and the Ku Klux Kan.
Item Description:	Title from disc label. DVD release of the 1940 (The proud valley) and 1942 (Native land) motion pictures. Aspect ratio: 1.33:1. Issued as part of a 4-disc set entitled Paul Robeson : portraits of the artist. Special features include: The story of Native land (video interview with cinematographer Tom Hurwitz, son of Native Land co-director Leo Hurwitz); Pacifica Radio interview with Paul Robeson from 1958. Videorecording.
Physical Description:	1 videodisc (165 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
Format:	DVD; Dolby digital, mono.; region 1; NTSC.
Production Credits:	The proud valley: photography, Glen Macwilliams, Roy Kellino ; editor, Ray Pitt ; music arranged and directed by Ernest Irving. Native land: photography, Paul Strand ; editor, Leo Hurwitz ; music, Marc Blitzstein.
ISBN:	1934121231 (disc) 9781934121238 (disc) 1934121193 (set) 9781934121191 (set)