AV# 68248
The Proud Valley / Native Land


Paul Robeson: Portraits of the Artist Series


Digital Video Disc - 77/88 minutes - Color - 1940/42



Two films starring Paul Robeson: in "The Proud Valley" he plays former ship’s stoker David Goliath who joins the coal miners of Wales. Director Pen Tennyson; also stars Edward Chapman, Simon Lack, Rachel Thomas. Ordinary working people and u nion activists battle greedy capitalists, strikebreakers and the Klan in "Native Land", which combines documentary film techniques with staged reenactments of union-breaking activities. DVD includes "The Story of Native Land" (2007, 14 mi nutes). Directed by Leo Hurwitz and Paul Strand; narrated by Paul Robeson. Stars James Hanney, Fred Johnson, Mary George, Howard Da Silva. Frontier Films. Series study guide available.


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