'Native Land,' impassioned and dramatic documentary film on American civil liberties, presented at the World

Document author(s):
Bosley Crowther
Document source:
New York Times
Publication date:
1942 May 12
Document language:
English
Document type:
review
Number of pages:
1
Document contains:
bibliography, box info, filmography, and production co
Related films:
  • Native land — Hurwitz, Leo; Strand, Paul — United States — 1942
Film country(ies):
United States
Film language(s):
English
Film production company:
Frontier Films (New York, N.Y.)
Film genre(s):
Documentary, Drama, Feature, Historical, Political, and Social problem
Film subject(s):
  • Capitalism -- Social aspects -- United States -- History -- 20th century
  • Civil rights -- United States -- History -- 20th century
  • Depressions -- 1929 -- United States
  • Human rights -- United States -- History -- 20th century
  • Ku Klux Klan (1915- ) -- History
  • Labor movements -- United States
  • Popular music -- United States -- 1941-1950
  • Robeson, Paul, 1898-1976 -- Interviews
  • Sharecroppers -- United States
  • Strikebreakers -- United States -- History -- 20th century
  • United States -- Civilization -- 1918-1945
  • United States -- History -- 1919-1933
  • United States -- Social conditions -- 1918-1932
  • United States. Constitution. 1st-10th amendments
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