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Song of Freedom/Big Fella (1936)
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| Starring: | Paul Robeson, Elisabeth Welch, Esme Percy, Robert Adams, James Solomon, Alf Goddard, Ambrose Manning, Arthur Elliott, Arthur Williams, Bernard Ansell, Cornelia Smith, Ecce Homo Toto, George Mozart, Jenny Dean, Joan Fred Emney, Johnnie Schofield, Ronald Simpson, Sydney Benson, Will Hammer |
| Director: | J. Elder Wills |
| Genre: | Drama, Musicals, Musical Drama |
| Year: | 1936 |
| Studio: | Kino Video |
| Length: | 153 minutes |
| Released: | April 10, 2000 |
| Rating: | NR (Not Rated) |
| Format: | DVD |
| Misc: | NTSC, Black & White |
| Language: | English(Original Language), English(Unknown) |
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SYNOPSIS: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 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.
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