Paul Robeson Movies

  • 1936
    Show Boat

    Show Boat

    Show Boat

    6.71936HD

    Despite her mother's objections, the naive young daughter of a show boat captain is thrust into the limelight as the company's new leading lady.

    Show Boat
  • 1942
    Tales of Manhattan

    Tales of Manhattan

    Tales of Manhattan

    6.21942HD

    Ten screenwriters collaborated on this series of tales concerning the effect a tailcoat cursed by its tailor has on those who wear it. The video relea...

    Tales of Manhattan
  • 1933
    The Emperor Jones

    The Emperor Jones

    The Emperor Jones

    5.71933HD

    Unscrupulously ambitious, Brutus Jones escapes from jail after killing a guard and, through bluff and bravado, finds himself the emperor of a Caribbea...

    The Emperor Jones
  • 1937
    King Solomon's Mines

    King Solomon's Mines

    King Solomon's Mines

    5.31937HD

    White hunter Allan Quartermain and his enigmatic guide help a young Irish woman locate her missing father in unexplored Darkest Africa.

    King Solomon's Mines
  • 1942
    Native Land

    Native Land

    Native Land

    5.91942HD

    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 produ...

    Native Land
  • 1930
    Borderline

    Borderline

    Borderline

    5.81930HD

    When a black couple vacations at a resort in Switzerland, an interracial affair stirs racial tensions among the townsfolk.

    Borderline
  • 1926
    Camille: The Fate of a Coquette

    Camille: The Fate of a Coquette

    Camille: The Fate of a Coquette

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    A home movie version of the Dumas play. A young woman becomes a courtesan and tragedy befalls her. Appearances are made by many socialites of 1920s Pa...

    Camille: The Fate of a Coquette
  • 1925
    Body and Soul

    Body and Soul

    Body and Soul

    6.21925HD

    A minister is malevolent and sinister behind his righteous facade. He consorts with, and later extorts from, the owner of a gambling house, and betray...

    Body and Soul
  • 1935
    Sanders of the River

    Sanders of the River

    Sanders of the River

    5.71935HD

    A British District Officer in Nigeria in the 1930s rules his area strictly but justly. He struggles with gun-runners and slavers with the aid of a loy...

    Sanders of the River
  • 1940
    The Proud Valley

    The Proud Valley

    The Proud Valley

    6.21940HD

    In a Welsh coal mining valley, a young man with a beautiful singing voice is called upon to make the ultimate sacrifice when a pit disaster threatens.

    The Proud Valley
  • 1979
    Paul Robeson: Tribute to an Artist

    Paul Robeson: Tribute to an Artist

    Paul Robeson: Tribute to an Artist

    6.81979HD

    This Academy Award-winning documentary short Paul Robeson: Tribute to an Artist, narrated by Sidney Poitier, traces the career of Paul Robeson through...

    Paul Robeson: Tribute to an Artist
  • 1937
    Jericho

    Jericho

    Jericho

    5.81937HD

    An unjustly condemned corporal flees to Africa, chased by the captain blamed for his escape.

    Jericho
  • 1936
    Song of Freedom

    Song of Freedom

    Song of Freedom

    5.61936HD

    John Zinga, a descendent of slaves, has an ancient medallion around his neck and a fragment of song passed down generations. He is an English dockwork...

    Song of Freedom
  • 1990
    I’m a Negro, I’m an American – Paul Robeson

    I’m a Negro, I’m an American – Paul Robeson

    I’m a Negro, I’m an American – Paul Robeson

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    Biographical notes on the American singer, actor and civil rights activist Paul Robeson (1898-1976). At the height of his fame and skill, Robeson’s ca...

    I’m a Negro, I’m an American – Paul Robeson
  • 1938
    Big Fella

    Big Fella

    Big Fella

    71938HD

    Singing Marseilles docker Joe is hired by wealthy English couple, the Oliphants, to find their missing son Gerald. When Joe finds him, he learns Geral...

    Big Fella
  • 1999
    Paul Robeson: Here I Stand

    Paul Robeson: Here I Stand

    Paul Robeson: Here I Stand

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    Paul Robeson: Here I Stand presents the life and achievements of an extraordinary man. Athlete, singer, and scholar, Robeson was also a charismatic ch...

    Paul Robeson: Here I Stand
  • 1954
    Song of the Rivers

    Song of the Rivers

    Song of the Rivers

    51954HD

    An allegorical documentary about the workers of the world, whose common destinies and hopes for peace are symbolically united by the rivers that run t...

    Song of the Rivers
  • 1998
    Scandalize My Name: Stories from the Blacklist

    Scandalize My Name: Stories from the Blacklist

    Scandalize My Name: Stories from the Blacklist

    81998HD

    A documentary look at the confluence of the Red scare, McCarthyism, and blacklists with the post-war activism by African Americans seeking more and be...

    Scandalize My Name: Stories from the Blacklist
  • 1991
    The Great Concert of Nations, or The Breath of Cheyne-Stokes

    The Great Concert of Nations, or The Breath of Cheyne-Stokes

    The Great Concert of Nations, or The Breath of Cheyne-Stokes

    01991HD

    A film about the destruction of the Jewish intelligentsia - from the defeat of the Jewish Anti-Fascist Committee to the “Doctors’ Plot.”

    The Great Concert of Nations, or The Breath of Cheyne-Stokes
  • 1937
    My Song Goes Forth

    My Song Goes Forth

    My Song Goes Forth

    01937HD

    Featuring Paul Robeson, this is the first documentary film to take a serious look at social conditions and race relations in South Africa.

    My Song Goes Forth