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Paul Robeson
Paul Robeson (April 9, 1898 - January 23, 1976) was an American concert bass-baritone, athlete, actor and political activist. Born in Princeton, New Jersey he was educated at Rutgers College and Columbia University Law School. After briefly practising as a lawyer he left the trade due to racism and instead pursued his acting and singing career.
Filmography
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AFI's 100 Years... 100 Songs: America's Greatest Music in the Movies
2004
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The top 100 songs of the past 100 years chosen by the American Film Institute are presented by host-actor John...
Scandalize My Name: Stories from the Blacklist
1998
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A look at the confluence of the Red Scare, McCarthyism, and blacklists with the post-war activism by African Am...
Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?
1975
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Period music, film clips and newsreel footage combined into a visual exploration of the American entertainment...
King Solomon's Mines
1937
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White hunter Allan Quartermain and his enigmatic guide help a young Irish woman locate her missing father in un...
Tales of Manhattan
1942
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Ten screenwriters collaborated on this series of tales concerning the effect a tailcoat cursed by its tailor ha...
Camille: The Fate of a Coquette
1926
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A home movie version of the Dumas play. A young woman becomes a courtesan and tragedy befalls her. Appearances...
Song of Freedom
1936
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John Zinga, a descendent of slaves, has an ancient medallion around his neck and a fragment of song passed down...
Black Shadows on a Silver Screen
1975
Ossie Davis narrates a history of "race films," films made before 1950 which catered to a primarily black audie...
Emperor Jones
1933
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Unscrupulously ambitious, Brutus Jones escapes from jail after killing a guard and, through bluff and bravado,...
Show Boat
1936
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Despite her mother's objections, the naive young daughter of a show boat captain is thrust into the limelight a...
The Real Charlie Chaplin
2021
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A look at the life and work of Charlie Chaplin in his own words featuring an in-depth interview he gave to Life...
Paul Robeson: Here I Stand
1999
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Paul Robeson: Here I Stand presents the life and achievements of an extraordinary man. Athlete, singer, and sch...
Native Land
1942
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By the start of World War II, Paul Robeson had given up his lucrative mainstream work to participate in more so...
Howard Zinn: Voices of a People's History of the United States
2006
An impressive roster of celebrities -- including Lili Taylor, Paul Robeson, Sarah Jones, Brian Jones, John Sayl...
Sanders of the River
1935
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A British District Officer in Nigeria in the 1930s rules his area strictly but justly. He struggles with gun-ru...
Big Fella
1938
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Singing Marseilles docker Joe is hired by wealthy English couple, the Oliphants, to find their missing son Gera...
Musical Comedy Tonight III
1985
Sylvia Fine hosts this musical show featuring some great American singing and dancing stars, featuring music by...
My Song Goes Forth
1937
Featuring Paul Robeson, this is the first documentary film to take a serious look at social conditions and race...
The Proud Valley
1940
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In a Welsh coal mining valley, a young man with a beautiful singing voice is called upon to make the ultimate s...
Paul Robeson: 20th Century Renaissance Man, Entertainer & Activist
1994
Paul Robeson was a celebrated African-American Actor, Athlete, Singer, Writer, and Civil Rights Activist. Robes...
Jericho
1937
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An unjustly condemned corporal flees to Africa, chased by the captain blamed for his escape.
Song of the Rivers
1954
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An allegorical documentary about the workers of the world, whose common destinies and hopes for peace are symbo...
Fred Baker - filmmaker
2007
The house he lived In: A conversation with Fred Baker (1932-2011) filmmaker , director , screenwriter , film pr...
The Tallest Tree in Our Forest
1977
A detailed biography of famed singer, actor, athlete and activist Paul Robeson. Complete with several interview...
Mining Review 2nd Year No. 11
1949
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The 23rd issue of the long running industry cinemagazine. Features the articles: 'Safety First', 'Paying For It...
Easy to Get
1947
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U.S. Army training film about avoiding venereal disease, intended primarily for Black servicemen.
Our Paul: Remembering Paul Robeson
2007
A retrospective look at the career of Paul Robeson and his legacy as both an American and a citizen of the worl...
Paul Robeson: Tribute to an Artist
1979
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This Academy Award-winning documentary short Paul Robeson: Tribute to an Artist, narrated by Sidney Poitier, tr...
Paul Robeson: Speak of Me as I Am
1998
A famed athlete, linguist, scholar, lawyer, actor, singer and activist, Paul Robeson left behind an irreplaceab...
Body and Soul
1925
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A convict escapes to a Southern town and passes himself off as a reverend, giving him the perfect cover to swin...
Borderline
1930
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When a black couple vacations at a resort in Switzerland, an interracial affair stirs racial tensions among the...
The Great Concert of Nations, or The Breath of Cheyne-Stokes
1991
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A film about the destruction of the Jewish intelligentsia - from the defeat of the Jewish Anti-Fascist Committe...
I’m a Negro, I’m an American – Paul Robeson
1990
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Biographical notes on the American singer, actor and civil rights activist Paul Robeson (1898-1976). At the hei...
Britain on Film: Black Britain
2017
Featuring footage spanning from 1901 to 1985, this little-seen footage has been found from all across the UK. T...
Contradictory America. Faith, hope, love and hate. Film 2
1973
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In the second film, the author tells about the struggle of blacks for the right to feel equal with all US citiz...