Native Land
1942 · 89 MIN · IMDB 6.3 · 391 VOTES · DIR. Leo Hurwitz, Paul Strand
Overview
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. Robeson committed his support to Paul Strand and Leo Hurwitz’s political semidocumentary Native Land. With Robeson’s narration and songs, this beautifully shot and edited film exposes violations of Americans’ civil liberties and is a call to action for exploited workers around the country. Scarcely shown since its debut, Native Land represents Robeson’s shift from narrative cinema to the leftist documentaries that would define the final chapter of his controversial film career.
Dialogue Timeline — 888 lines
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00:02:09 Over this ocean...
00:04:55 Tyranny, like hell, is not easily conquered.
00:07:27 From every country in the world we came toward freedom...
00:14:26 A man's farm invaded...
00:22:10 #Burnin'sun #
00:25:24 #American day #
00:27:24 Today and every day...
00:30:35 The word "brother. " The word "cooperative. "
00:33:14 - Quit shovin'! - Let's take a lookl
00:35:59 Okay, line up!
00:39:18 Now that they've made you vice president, it oughta be quite simple.
00:42:17 I'll be over soon. Harry's here with me.
00:46:54 #A redheaded woman took me out to dine #
00:50:04 #Get thee behind me, Satan #
00:52:51 # Till every battle's won #
00:57:45 bookkeeper.
01:00:48 and railroad brotherhoods.
01:05:24 Two union members dead.
01:08:10 violate our free elections...
01:11:25 the practice of democracy.
01:14:14 The bags of waste were subpoenaed by the senate committee.
01:16:30 Propaganda, arsenals...
01:20:15 At that moment, out in Chicago...
01:25:53 We, the people, laboring all these years...