Story of movie Native Land :
Native Land is a 1942 documentary film directed by Leo Hurwitz and Paul Strand.
| Native Land | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | Leo Hurwitz Paul Strand |
| Produced by | Leo Hurwitz |
| Written by | Leo Hurwitz Ben Maddow |
| Starring | Paul Robeson (Narrator/Vocalist) Fred Johnson |
| Music by | Marc Blitzstein |
| Cinematography | Paul Strand |
| Edited by | Lionel Berman Leo Hurwitz Bob Stebbins |
Release date | 11 May 1942 |
Running time | 79 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
A combination of a documentary format and staged reenactments, the film depicted the struggle of trade unions against union-busting corporations, their spies and contractors. It was based on the 1938 report of the La Follette Committee's investigation of the repression of labor organizing.
Famous African-American singer, actor and activist Paul Robeson participated as an off-screen narrator and vocalist.
Screenplay
- Paul Robeson as Narrator and vocalist (voice)
- Fred Johnson as Fred Hill, a farmer
- Mary George as Hill's wife
- John Rennick as Hill's son
- Amelia Romano as Window scrubber
- Houseley Stevenson as White sharecropper
- Louis Grant as Black sharecropper
- James Hanney as Mack, Union president
- Howard Da Silva as Jim, an informer
- Art Smith as Harry Carlyle
- John Marley as Thug with crowbar
A restored version of the film was released in 2011. The film was restored by the UCLA Film & Television Archive, funded by the Packard Humanities Institute.
The new print was made “from the original 35mm nitrate picture negative, a 35mm safety duplicate negative, and a 35mm safety up-and-down track negative.”
The restoration premiered at the UCLA Festival of Preservation on March 26, 2011 and was screened at other North American cities in 2011 including Vancouver.
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