| Description |
4 videodiscs (approximately 586 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet (76 pages, illustrations). |
| Series |
Criterion collection ; 369--373 |
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Criterion collection (DVD videodiscs) ; 369--373.
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| System Details |
DVD; Dolby digital mono., Dolby digital stereo. |
| Note |
Title from container. |
| Performer |
Paul Robeson. |
| Note |
Videodisc release of the 1925-1979 films. |
| Summary |
A collection of feature films that starred Paul Robeson, plus one short documentary narrated by Sidney Poitier. |
| Contents |
[Disc 1] Icon. The Emperor Jones (1933, 76 min., directed by Dudley Murphy) ; Paul Robeson: Tribute to an artist (1979, 29 min., directed by Saul J. Turell) -- [Disc 2] Outsider. Body and soul (1925, 79 min., directed by Oscar Micheaux) ; Borderline (1930, 75 min., directed by Kenneth Macpherson) -- [Disc 3] Pioneer. Sanders of the river (1935, 87 min., directed by Zoltan Korda) ; Jericho (1937, 75 min., directed by Thornton Freeland) -- [Disc 4] Citizen of the world. The proud valley (1940, 77 min., directed by Pen Tennyson) ; Native land (1942, 88 min., directed by Leo Hurwitz and Paul Strand). |
| Note |
Special features include: audio commentaries by historians Jeffrey C. Stewart (The Emperor Jones) and Pearl Bowser (Body and Soul) ; musical scores by Wyclife Gordon (Body and Soul) and Courtney Pine (Borderline) ; Pacifica Radio interview with Paul Robeson from 1958 ; four new video programs, featuring actors Ruby Dee and James Earl Jones, filmmaker William Greaves, cinematographer Tom Hurwitz, Paul Robeson Jr., and film historians Ian Christie and Stephen Bourne, and including clips from throughout Robeson's film career. Booklet includes essays by Paul Robeson, Hilton Als, Charles Burnett, Ian Christie, Geraldyn dismond, Charles Musser, Clement Alexander Price, and Deborah Willis and a note from Pete Seeger. |
| Summary |
"All-American athlete, scholar, renowned baritone, stage actor, and social activist, Paul Robeson...the son of an escaped slave, managed to become a top-billed movie star during the time of Jim Crow America...his film legacy lives on and continues to speak eloquently of the long and difficult journey of a courageous and outspoken African-American."--Container. |
| Language |
Subtitles for the deaf and hard-of-hearing. |
| Note |
GMD: videorecording. |
| Subject |
Robeson, Paul, 1898-1976.
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Feature films.
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Films for the hearing impaired.
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| Genre/Form |
Feature films.
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| Added Author |
Robeson, Paul, 1898-1976.
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Murphy, Dudley.
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Turell, Saul J., 1921-1986.
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Micheaux, Oscar, 1884-1951.
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Macpherson, Kenneth.
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Korda, Zoltan, 1895-1961.
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Freeland, Thornton, 1898-1987.
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Tennyson, Pen, 1912-1941.
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Hurwitz, Leo T., 1909-1991.
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Strand, Paul, 1890-1976.
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| Added Title |
Icon
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Outsider
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Pioneer
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Citizen of the world
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Emperor Jones
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Paul Robeson: Tribute to an artist
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Body and soul
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Borderline
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Sanders of the river
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Jericho
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Proud valley
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Native land
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| ISBN |
1934121193 set |
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9781934121191 set |
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1934121207 Icon |
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9781934121207 Icon |
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1934121215 Outsider |
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9781934121214 Outsider |
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1934121223 Pioneer |
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9781934121221 Pioneer |
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1934121231 Citizen of the world |
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9781934121238 Citizen of the world |
| Standard No. |
715515021722 |
| Music No. |
CC1676D Criteron Collection (set) |
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CC1677D--CC1680D Criteron Collection (discs) |
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