Native Land
| Native Land | |
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| Directed by | Leo Hurwitz Paul Strand |
| Produced by | Leo Hurwitz |
| Written by | Leo Hurwitz Ben Maddow |
| Starring | Paul Robeson (Narrator/Vocalist) Fred Johnson |
| Music by | Marc Blitzstein |
| Cinematography | Paul Strand |
| Edited by | Lionel Berman Leo Hurwitz Bob Stebbins |
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Release dates
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11 May 1942 |
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Running time
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79 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
Native Land is a 1942 documentary film directed by Leo Hurwitz and Paul Strand.[1]
A combination of a documentary format and staged reenactments, the film depicted the struggle of trade unions against union-busting corporations, their spies and contractors. It was based on the 1938 report of the La Follette Committee's investigation of the repression of labor organizing.
Famous African-American singer, actor and activist Paul Robeson participated as an off-screen narrator and vocalist.
Cast
- Paul Robeson as Narrator and vocalist (voice)
- Fred Johnson as Fred Hill, a farmer
- Mary George as Hill's wife
- John Rennick as Hill's son
- Amelia Romano as Window scrubber
- Houseley Stevenson as White sharecropper
- Louis Grant as Black sharecropper
- James Hanney as Mack, Union president
- Howard Da Silva as Jim, an informer
- Art Smith as Harry Carlyle
- John Marley as Thug with crowbar
Restoration and re-release
A restored version of the film was released in 2011. The film was restored by the UCLA Film & Television Archive, funded by the Packard Humanities Institute.[2]
The new print was made “from the original 35mm nitrate picture negative, a 35mm safety duplicate negative, and a 35mm safety up-and-down track negative.”[2]
The restoration premiered at the UCLA Festival of Preservation on March 26, 2011[2] and was screened at other North American cities in 2011 including Vancouver.[3]
References
- ↑ Grant, Barry Keith and Jim Hillier. BFI Screen Guides: 100 Documentary Films, Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire: Palgrave Macmillan, 2009. pp. 147–148.
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External links
- Lua error in Module:WikidataCheck at line 28: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value). Native Land at IMDb
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