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Song of Freedom/Big Fella (1936)

Paul Robeson , Elisabeth Welch , J. Elder Wills  |  NR |  DVD
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  • Actors: Paul Robeson, Elisabeth Welch, Esme Percy, Robert Adams, James Solomon
  • Directors: J. Elder Wills
  • Writers: Claude McKay, Claude Wallace, Dorothy Holloway, Fenn Sherie, Ingram D'Abbes
  • Format: Black & White, DVD, NTSC
  • Language: English (Dolby Digital 2.0 Mono)
  • Region: All Regions
  • Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
  • Number of discs: 1
  • Rated: NR (Not Rated)
  • Studio: Kino Video
  • DVD Release Date: April 10, 2000
  • Run Time: 153 minutes
  • Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
  • ASIN: B00003TKZC
  • Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #221,996 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)
  • For more information about "Song of Freedom/Big Fella" visit the Internet Movie Database (IMDb)

Special Features

  • The Paul Robeson Collection Contains: Song of Freedom (1936, 80 min.) & Big Fella (1937, 73 min.)

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Song of Freedom
Song of Freedom is a soaring musical drama that explores one man's rise to fame as a concert vocalist and subsequent exploration of his African roots. Paul Robeson stars as John Zinga, a British-born stevedore who is discovered by an influential impresario and becomes a singing star. His newfound wealth and prestige allow him to return to Africa and trace his lineage, whereupon he discovers he is the descendant of a tribal princess whose people have fallen under the corrupt rule of spiritualists.
Big Fella
Big Fella is a lively British musical built around the magnetic personality and unforgettable voice of the legendary Paul Robeson. Loosely based on the 1929 novel Banjo by Claude McKay, Big Fella stars Robeson as Joe, a Marseilles dockworker who is asked by police to help find a young boy missing from an ocean liner. When Joe finally discovers the child (Eldon Grant), he learns that the boy escaped of his own will, and takes his to stay with a local café singer, Miranda (Elisabeth Welch). Joe and Miranda become surrogate parents, to the boy, offering a welcome change from his wealthy-and somewhat repressed-white parents.

As usual in a Robeson picture, music provides much of the entertainment, and the songs in this film include "Lazin'," "Roll Up, Sailor Man," "You Didn't Ought To Do Such Things," "All God's Chillun Got a Robe," "My Curly-Headed Baby" and "River Steals My Folks From Me."

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SONG OF FREEDOM/BIG FELLA - DVD Movie

 

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