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Native Land is a 1942 documentary film directed by Leo Hurwitz and Paul Strand.[1]

Native Land
Directed by	Leo Hurwitz Paul Strand
Written by	Leo Hurwitz Ben Maddow
Produced by	Leo Hurwitz
Starring	Paul Robeson (Narrator/Vocalist) Fred Johnson
Cinematography	Paul Strand
Edited by	Lionel Berman Leo Hurwitz Bob Stebbins
Music by	Marc Blitzstein
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.

Cast

• 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

Restoration and re-release

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.[2]

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.”[2]

The restoration premiered at the UCLA Festival of Preservation on March 26, 2011[2] and was screened at other North American cities in 2011 including Vancouver.[3]

References

External links

• Native Land at IMDb

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