Native Land
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.
Cast
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Paul Robeson
Played Narrator
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Fred Johnson
Played Fred Hill
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Mary George
Played Hill's Wife
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John Rennick
Played Hill's Son
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Amelia Romano
Played Young Girl in Clevel…
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Houseley Stevenson
Played White Sharecropper
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Louis Grant
Played Black Sharecropper
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James Hanney
Played Mack
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Howard Da Silva
Played Jim
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Art Smith
Played Harry Carlyle
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Robert Strauss
Played Frank Mason, grocer
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John Marley
Played Thug With Crowbar
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Harry Wilson
Played Eugene Poulnot
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