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  • Native Land (1942)
  • Not Rated
    80 min | Drama, History
Native Land (1942)
Not Rated
80 min | Drama, History

Paul Robeson narrates a mix of dramatizations and archival footage about the bill of rights being under attack during the 1930s by union busting corporations, their spies and contractors. In dramatizations, we see a Michigan farmer beaten ...See morePaul Robeson narrates a mix of dramatizations and archival footage about the bill of rights being under attack during the 1930s by union busting corporations, their spies and contractors. In dramatizations, we see a Michigan farmer beaten for speaking up at a meeting, a union man murdered in an apartment in Cleveland, two sharecroppers near Fort Smith Arkansas shot by men deputized by the local sheriff, a spy stealing the names of union members, and a dead Chicago union man eulogized. In archival footage we witness police and goons beating lawfully assembled union organizers, and we see men at work and union families at play. The narration celebrates patriotism and democracy. Written by See less
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Directors
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Leo Hurwitz | Ben Maddow (as David Wolff) | Paul Strand
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Updated May 11, 1942

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May 11, 1942 (United States)

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23 cast members
Name Known for
Paul Robeson
Narrator / Vocalist (voice) Narrator / Vocalist (voice)   See fewer
Fred Johnson
Fred Hill, farmer Fred Hill, farmer   See fewer
Mary George
Hill's Wife Hill's Wife   See fewer
John Rennick
Hill's Son Hill's Son   See fewer
Amelia Romano
Young Girl in Cleveland Young Girl in Cleveland   See fewer
Houseley Stevenson
White Sharecropper (as Housely Stevens) White Sharecropper (as Housely Stevens)   See fewer
Louis Grant
Black Sharecropper Black Sharecropper   See fewer
James Hanney
Mack, union president Mack, union president   See fewer
Howard Da Silva
Jim - informant (as Howard DaSylva) Jim - informant (as Howard DaSylva)   See fewer
Art Smith
Harry Carlyle Harry Carlyle   See fewer
Richard Bishop
Spy Executive Spy Executive   See fewer
Vaughn King
Mary, Mack's wife Mary, Mack's wife   See fewer
Robert Strauss
Frank Mason, grocer Frank Mason, grocer   See fewer
Dolores Cornell
Girl with Balloon Girl with Balloon   See fewer
John Marley
Thug With Crowbar (as John Marlieb) Thug With Crowbar (as John Marlieb)   See fewer
Tom Connors Jr.
Joseph Shumaker (as Tom Connors) Joseph Shumaker (as Tom Connors)   See fewer
Harry Wilson
Eugene Poulnot Eugene Poulnot   See fewer
Charles Webber
Minister (as Rev. Charles Webber) Minister (as Rev. Charles Webber)   See fewer
Virginia Stevens
Whitey's Widow Whitey's Widow   See fewer
Clancy Cooper
Whitey's Eulogist Whitey's Eulogist   See fewer
Tom Pedi
Harry, man helping nurse Harry, man helping nurse   See fewer
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