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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.

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

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