Native Land

Summary 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. In dramatizations, we see a Michigan farmer beaten for speaking up at a meeting, a union man murdered in an apartment in Cleveland, two sharecroppers near Fort Smith Arkansas shot by men deputized by the local sheriff, a spy stealing the names of union members, and a dead Chicago union man eulogized. In archival footage we witness police and goons beating lawfully assembled union organizers, and we see men at work and union families at play. The narration celebrates patriotism and democracy. View more details

Native Land

Directed : Leo Hurwitz Paul Strand

Written : Ben Maddow Leo Hurwitz Paul Strand

Stars : Paul Robeson Fred Johnson Mary George John Rennick

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Genres : Drama History

Release date : May 10, 1942

Countries of origin : United States

Language : English

Filming locations : New York City, New York, USA

Production companies : Frontier Films

Summary 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. In dramatizations, we see a Michigan farmer beaten for speaking up at a meeting, a union man murdered in an apartment in Cleveland, two sharecroppers near Fort Smith Arkansas shot by men deputized by the local sheriff, a spy stealing the names of union members, and a dead Chicago union man eulogized. In archival footage we witness police and goons beating lawfully assembled union organizers, and we see men at work and union families at play. The narration celebrates patriotism and democracy. View more details

Details

Genres : Drama History

Release date : May 10, 1942

Countries of origin : United States

Language : English

Filming locations : New York City, New York, USA

Production companies : Frontier Films

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Disco!

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