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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.
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 New digital transfers of eight classic films: The Emperor Jones (Dudley Murphy, 1933), Paul Robeson: Tribute to an Artist (Saul J. Turell, 1979), Body and Soul (Oscar Micheaux, 1925), Borderline (Kenneth Macpherson, 1930), Sanders of the River (Zoltan Korda, 1935), Jericho (Thornton Freeland, 1937), The Proud Valley (Pen Tennyson, 1940), Native Land (Leo Hurwitz and Paul Strand
Commentaries on Body and Soul and The Emperor Jones
Musical scores by Wycliffe Gordon (Body and Soul) and Courtney Pine (Borderline)
1958 Pacifica Radio interview with Paul Robeson
Four video programs featuring interviews with actors Ruby Dee, James Earl Jones, filmmaker William Greaves, cinematographer Tom Hurwitz, Paul Robeson Jr., and others
Booklet featuring new essays by Clement Price, Hilton Als, Charles Burnett, and Ian Christie, a tribute from Pete Seeger, an excerpt from Paul Robeson's autobiography Here I Stand, and more
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