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Paul Robeson : citizen of the world.

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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.
Table of Contents:
  • The proud valley (1940, 77 min.) / released by Associated Distributors Pty, Ltd. ; [presented by] Capad ; produced by Michael Balcon ; directed by Pen Tennyson ; screenplay, Pen Tennyson, Jack Jones, Louis Golding
  • Native land (1942, 88 min.) / script by David Wolff, Leo Hurwitz, Paul Strand ; directed by Leo Hurwitz, Paul Strand ; a Frontier Films production.