Native Land
Movie

Native Land

The Picture with the Most Exciting Story of Our Time!

19421h 29m6.3DramaHistory

Overview

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.

Director
  • Leo Hurwitz
  • Paul Strand
Writers
  • Leo Hurwitz
  • Ben Maddow
  • Paul Strand

Where to watch

Region: GB · via JustWatch / TMDB

Links go to the JustWatch page for Native Land, where you can jump to each platform.

Top cast

Paul Robeson
Paul Robeson
Narrator
Fred Johnson
Fred Johnson
Fred Hill
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Mary George
Hill's Wife
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John Rennick
Hill's Son
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Amelia Romano
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Houseley Stevenson
Houseley Stevenson
White Sharecropper
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Louis Grant
Black Sharecropper
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James Hanney
Mack
Howard Da Silva
Howard Da Silva
Jim
Art Smith
Art Smith
Harry Carlyle
Robert Strauss
Robert Strauss
Frank Mason, grocer
John Marley
John Marley
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