Proud Valley, The
(GBR 1940, 76 min)
Pen Tennyson • Paul Robeson, Edward Chapman, Edward Rigby, Rachel Thomas, Simon Lack, Clifford Evans, Allan Jeayes
By the start of World War II, Paul Robeson had given up his lucrative mainstream work to participate in more socially progressive film and stage productions. As David Goliath, in the popular British drama The Proud Valley, Robeson is the quintessential everyman, an American sailor who joins rank-and-file Welsh miners organizing against the powers that be. (Cover)
FEATURED ON THE DISC PAUL ROBESON: CITIZEN OF THE WORLD WITH THE FEATURE NATIVE LAND:
- New, digital transfers of The Proud Valley and Native Land created from the best surviving elements
- The Story of Native Land, a new video interview with cinematographer Tom Hurwitz, son of Frontier Films cofounder and Native Land codirector Leo Hurwitz
- 1958 Pacifica Radio interview with Paul Robeson (Courtesy of Pacifica Radio Archives)
- Optional English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing
Native Land
(GBR 1940, 76 min)
Pen Tennyson • Paul Robeson, Fred Johnson, Art Smith, Housely Stevens, Howard da Silva
By the start of World War II, Paul Robeson had given up his lucrative mainstream work to participate in more socially progressive film and stage productions. As David Goliath, in the popular British drama The Proud Valley, Robeson is the quintessential everyman, an American sailor who joins rank-and-file Welsh miners organizing against the powers that be. (Cover)
FEATURED ON THE DISC PAUL ROBESON: CITIZEN OF THE WORLD WITH THE FEATURE NATIVE LAND:
- New, digital transfers of The Proud Valley and Native Land created from the best surviving elements
- The Story of Native Land, a new video interview with cinematographer Tom Hurwitz, son of Frontier Films cofounder and Native Land codirector Leo Hurwitz
- 1958 Pacifica Radio interview with Paul Robeson (Courtesy of Pacifica Radio Archives)
- Optional English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing
