Adah, a black woman, has an affair with Thorne, a white man, much to the dismay Read More »
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Jericho / Dark Sands (1937) Thornton Freeland, Paul Robeson, Henry Wilcoxon, Wallace Ford
During the Great War, a Negro corporal, Jericho Jackson, disobeys an order Read More »
Native Land (1942) Leo Hurwitz, Paul Strand, Paul Robeson, Fred Johnson, Mary George
Paul Robeson narrates a mix of dramatizations and archival footage about the bill Read More »
Body and Soul (1925) Oscar Micheaux, Paul Robeson, Marshall Rogers, Lawrence Chenault
A minister is malevolent and sinister behind his righteous facade. Read More »
Song of the Rivers / Das Lied der Ströme (1954) Joop Huisken, Joris Ivens, Alex McCrindle, Ernst Busch, Paul Robeson
A Communist supported essay film, centering on great rivers of the world such as the Amazon Read More »
King Solomon’s Mines (1937) Robert Stevenson
Fortune hunter Patrick O’Brien has left his daughter Kathy Read More »
The Emperor Jones (1933) Dudley Murphy, William C. de Mille, Paul Robeson, Dudley Digges, Frank H. Wilson
At a Baptist prayer meeting, the preacher leads a prayer for Brutus Jones, who is leaving to become a railway porter. Read More »
Sanders of the River (1935) Zoltan Korda, Paul Robeson, Leslie Banks, Nina Mae McKinney, Adventure, Drama
British District Officer in Nigeria in the 1930’s rules his area strictly but justly, and struggles with gun-runners and slavers with the aid of a loyal native chief.
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The Proud Valley (1940) Pen Tennyson, Paul Robeson, Edward Chapman, Simon Lack, Drama, Music
In a Welsh coal mining valley, a young man with a beautiful singing voice is called upon to make the ultimate sacrifice when a pit disaster threatens.
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