Borderlines: Paul Robeson and film

Document source:

Museum of Modern Art (New York, N.Y.)

Publication date:

1999 Jul 01

Document language:

English

Document type:

program note

Number of pages:

2

Source pagination:

29-30

Document name subject:

Paul Robeson

Document contains:

production co

Related films:

• The Emperor Jones — Murphy, Dudley — United States — 1933
• Jericho — Freeland, Thornton — Great Britain — 1937
• King Solomon's mines — Stevenson, Robert — Great Britain — 1937
• The proud valley — Tennyson, Pen — Great Britain — 1940
• Native land — Hurwitz, Leo; Strand, Paul — United States — 1942
• Tales of Manhattan — Duvivier, Julien — United States — 1942
• Das lied der strome (Song of the rivers) — Ivens, Joris; Huisken, Joop; Menegoz, Robert; Santos, Ruy — Germany — 1954
• Paul Robeson und Earl Robinson singen für die DDR (Paul Robeson and Earl Robinson sing for the GDR) — No director known — No country known — 1954
• Paul Robeson — Kantian, Vasily — No country known — 1958
• I'm a Negro I'm an American — Tetzlaff, Kurt — No country known — 1990
• Paul Robeson: Here I stand — Bourne, St. Claire — United States — 1999

Film country(ies):

Germany, Great Britain, and United States

Film language(s):

English and German

Film production company:

Buckingham, Capad Productions, DEFA Studio für Spielfilme, Ealing Studios, Frontier Films (New York, N.Y.), Gaumont British Picture Corp., John Krimsky and Gifford Cochran Inc., Menair Media International, Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation, and WNET

Film genre(s):

Action, Adaptation, Adventure, Biographical (Nonfiction), Comedy, Documentary, Drama, Feature, Historical, Music, Musical, Political, Romance, Social problem, and Thriller

Film subject(s):

• African American actors -- Biography
• African American athletes -- Biography
• African American scholars -- Biography
• African American singers -- Biography
• African Americans -- Biography
• African Americans -- Political activity
• Blessing and cursing -- Drama
• Capitalism -- Social aspects -- United States -- History -- 20th century
• Civil rights -- United States -- History -- 20th century
• Coal mines and mining -- Wales -- Drama
• Depressions -- 1929 -- United States
• Diamond mines and mining -- Africa -- Drama
• Extortion -- Drama
• Haggard, H. Rider (Henry Rider), 1856-1925. King Solomon's mines -- Film and video adaptations
• Human rights -- United States -- History -- 20th century
• Jackets -- Drama
• Ku Klux Klan (1915- ) -- History
• Labor movements -- United States
• Manhattan (New York, N.Y.) -- Drama
• Military deserters -- Africa -- Drama
• Missing persons -- Africa -- Drama
• O'Neill, Eugene, 1888 - 1953. Emperor Jones -- Film and video adaptations
• Political corruption -- West Indies -- Drama
• Popular music -- United States -- 1941-1950
• Porters -- United States -- Drama
• Robeson, Paul, 1898-1976
• Robeson, Paul, 1898-1976 -- Interviews
• Sharecroppers -- Southern States -- Drama
• Sharecroppers -- United States
• Strikebreakers -- United States -- History -- 20th century
• Tribes -- Africa -- Drama
• United States -- Civilization -- 1918-1945
• United States -- History -- 1919-1933
• United States -- Social conditions -- 1918-1932
• United States. Constitution. 1st-10th amendments
• West Indies -- Kings and rulers -- Drama

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