DVD
Paul Robeson. Outsider.
Call Number
- DVD DRAMA (CEN)
Languages
Silent films with English intertitles and musical accompaniment.
Performers
Borderline: Paul Robeson, Eslanda Robeson, Helga Doorn, Gavin Arthur, Charlotte Arthur, Blanche Lewin.
Publication Information
[Irvington, NY] : Criterion Collection, [2007]
Physical Description
1 videodisc (79, 75 minutes) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
Audience
Not rated.
Added Uniform Title
Summary
Body and soul: This film is a direct critique of the power of the cloth, with Paul Robeson in dual roles as a jackleg preacher and a well-meaning inventor.
Borderline: Lovers are caught up in a tangled web of interracial affairs.
Notes
Collective title from disc label.
Body and soul: Originally released as a motion picture in 1925.
Issued as part of a 4-disc set entitled Paul Robeson : portraits of the artist.
Special features: 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).
Contents
- Body and soul / Borderline