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Synopsis. A combination of a documentary format and staged reenactments (influenced by the cinematic works of Sergei Eisenstein and Aleksandr Dovzhenko ), the independently produced film depicted the struggle of trade unions against union-busting corporations, their spies and contractors.
- Leo Hurwitz
- Marc Blitzstein
- 11 May 1942
- Paul Robeson (Narrator/Vocalist), Fred Johnson
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.
- 89 min
- 4K
- Shadows of the Dark
Native Land: Directed by Leo Hurwitz, Paul Strand. With Paul Robeson, Fred Johnson, Mary George, John Rennick. Paul Robeson narrates a mix of dramatizations and archival footage about the bill of rights being under attack during the 1930s by union busting corporations, their spies and contractors.
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- Drama, History
- Leo Hurwitz, Paul Strand
- 1942-05-11
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.
- Narrator
Popular reviews. Recent reviews. 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.
- (310)
- Frontier Films
- Leo Hurwitz, Paul Strand
Conjugando considerável construção dramática com a actualidade numa mistura formal ambiciosa que continua a ser um marco na história do cinema híbrido, Native Land transforma a denúncia da destruição dos sindicatos por “corporações fascistas” numa reivindicação patriótica da “liberdade” essencial para a identidade ...
The epitome of the Frontier Films group’s style, Native Land successfully combined reenacted scenes by professional actors, with actuality footage of both the American landscape and of workers’ struggles.
