Although the 1920s brought him acclaim as a stage actor and singer, Paul Robeson still had to prove himself as a viable screen performer. Mainstream avenues were limited, however, and his first films were made on the peripheries of the film business. Borderline, the sole feature of British film theorist Kenneth Macpherson, boldly blends Eisensteinian montage and domestic melodrama, and features Robeson and his wife, Eslanda, as lovers caught up in a tangled web of interracial affairs. (Cover)

FEATURED ON THE DISC PAUL ROBESON: OUTSIDER WITH THE FEATURE BODY AND SOUL:
-New, digital transfers of Body and Soul and Borderline created from the best surviving elements
- Audio commentary for Body and Soul by Oscar Micheaux historian Pearl Bowser
- Musical scores by jazz recording artists and composers Wycliffe Gordon (Body and Soul) and Courtney Pine (Borderline)
- Optional English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing

Saul J. Turell’s Academy Award-winning documentary short Paul Robeson: Tribute to an Artist, narrated by Sidney Poitier, traces his career through his activism and his socially charged performances of his signature song, Ol’ Man River.

FEATURED ON THE DISC PAUL ROBESON: ICON WITH THE FEATURE THE EMPEROR JONES:
- New digital transfer of The Emperor Jones, created from the best surviving elements
- Audio commentary for The Emperor Jones by historian Jeffrey C. Stewart
- Our Paul: Remembering Paul Robeson, a new video program including interviews with filmmaker William Greaves and actors Ruby Dee and James Earl Jones
- Robeson on Robeson, a new interview with Paul Robeson Jr. about his father’s career and art
- Optional English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing