Native Land

Synopsis

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.

Main Cast

Paul Robeson

Narrator

Age : 77 | Popularity : 15%

Fred Johnson

Fred Hill

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Mary George

Hill's Wife

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John Rennick

Hill's Son

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Amelia Romano

Young Girl in Cleveland

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Houseley Stevenson

White Sharecropper

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Louis Grant

Black Sharecropper

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James Hanney

Mack

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Crew

Department	Role	Name
Directing	Director	Leo Hurwitz Paul Strand
Writing	Writer	Leo Hurwitz Ben Maddow Paul Strand
Camera	Director of Photography	Paul Strand
Editing	Editor	Lionel Berman Leo Hurwitz Bob Stebbins
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