Paul Robeson
Birthday: 1898-04-08
Place of Birth: Princeton, New Jersey, USA
Biography: 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.
Movies
Show Boat
Despite her mother's objections, the naive young daughter of a show boat captain is thrust into the ...
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Tales of Manhattan
Ten screenwriters collaborated on this series of tales concerning the effect a tailcoat cursed by it...
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Emperor Jones
Unscrupulously ambitious, Brutus Jones escapes from jail after killing a guard and, through bluff an...
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King Solomon's Mines
White hunter Allan Quartermain and his enigmatic guide help a young Irish woman locate her missing f...
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Native Land
By the start of World War II, Paul Robeson had given up his lucrative mainstream work to participate...
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Borderline
When a black couple vacations at a resort in Switzerland, an interracial affair stirs racial tension...
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Camille: The Fate of a Coquette
A home movie version of the Dumas play. A young woman becomes a courtesan and tragedy befalls her. A...
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Sanders of the River
A British District Officer in Nigeria in the 1930s rules his area strictly but justly. He struggles ...
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Body and Soul
A minister is malevolent and sinister behind his righteous facade. He consorts with, and later extor...
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The Proud Valley
In a Welsh coal mining valley, a young man with a beautiful singing voice is called upon to make the...
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Jericho
An unjustly condemned corporal flees to Africa, chased by the captain blamed for his escape....
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Paul Robeson: Tribute to an Artist
This Academy Award-winning documentary short Paul Robeson: Tribute to an Artist, narrated by Sidney ...
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Song of Freedom
John Zinga, a descendent of slaves, has an ancient medallion around his neck and a fragment of song ...
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I’m a Negro, I’m an American – Paul Robeson
Biographical notes on the American singer, actor and civil rights activist Paul Robeson (1898-1976)....
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Big Fella
Singing Marseilles docker Joe is hired by wealthy English couple, the Oliphants, to find their missi...
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Paul Robeson: Here I Stand
Paul Robeson: Here I Stand presents the life and achievements of an extraordinary man. Athlete, sing...
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Song of the Rivers
An allegorical documentary about the workers of the world, whose common destinies and hopes for peac...
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Scandalize My Name: Stories from the Blacklist
A look at the confluence of the Red Scare, McCarthyism, and blacklists with the post-war activism by...
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The Great Concert of Nations, or The Breath of Cheyne-Stokes
A film about the destruction of the Jewish intelligentsia - from the defeat of the Jewish Anti-Fasci...
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My Song Goes Forth
Featuring Paul Robeson, this is the first documentary film to take a serious look at social conditio...
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Paul Robeson: Speak of Me as I Am
A famed athlete, linguist, scholar, lawyer, actor, singer and activist, Paul Robeson left behind an ...
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Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?
Period music, film clips and newsreel footage combined into a visual exploration of the American ent...
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Britain on Film: Black Britain
Featuring footage spanning from 1901 to 1985, this little-seen footage has been found from all acros...
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Fred Baker - filmmaker
The house he lived In: A conversation with Fred Baker (1932-2011) filmmaker , director , screenwrite...
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Paul Robeson: 20th Century Renaissance Man, Entertainer & Activist
Paul Robeson was a celebrated African-American Actor, Athlete, Singer, Writer, and Civil Rights Acti...
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Mining Review 2nd Year No. 11
The 23rd issue of the long running industry cinemagazine. Features the articles: 'Safety First', 'Pa...
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Howard Zinn: Voices of a People's History of the United States
An impressive roster of celebrities -- including Lili Taylor, Paul Robeson, Sarah Jones, Brian Jones...
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Black Shadows on a Silver Screen
Ossie Davis narrates a history of "race films," films made before 1950 which catered to a primarily ...
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South Africa Uncensored
In 1951, the Council on African Affairs produced a twenty-two minute agitprop documentary film about...
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Contradictory America. Faith, hope, love and hate. Film 2
In the second film, the author tells about the struggle of blacks for the right to feel equal with a...
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Musical Comedy Tonight III
Sylvia Fine hosts this musical show featuring some great American singing and dancing stars, featuri...
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Our Paul: Remembering Paul Robeson
A retrospective look at the career of Paul Robeson and his legacy as both an American and a citizen ...
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Easy to Get
U.S. Army training film about avoiding venereal disease, intended primarily for Black servicemen....
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The Tallest Tree in Our Forest
A detailed biography of famed singer, actor, athlete and activist Paul Robeson. Complete with severa...
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AFI's 100 Years... 100 Songs: America's Greatest Music in the Movies
The top 100 songs of the past 100 years chosen by the American Film Institute are presented by host-...
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White Sings Robeson
In this concert from Canterbury Cathedral, Willard White takes a musical journey through the life of...
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The Real Charlie Chaplin
A look at the life and work of Charlie Chaplin in his own words featuring an in-depth interview he g...
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