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Native land

DVD

2016

●	DVD, Videorecording, Projected Medium, Visual Materials
Uniform Title:	Native land (Motion picture : 1942)
Title:	Native land / Frontier Films presents ; script by David Wolff, Leo Hurwitz, Paul Strand.; directed by Leo Hurwitz, Paul Strand.
Edition:	DVD-MOD edtion.
Publisher, Date:	[Los Angeles, California] : Flicker Alley, [2016] ©2016
Description:	1 videodisc (88 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in. 4 3/4 in. burning NTSC video file all regions DVD video
Summary:	Combining documentary form with staged reenactments, this film leads the viewer on an emotional tour of the U.S. and its freedom-based ideologies (just prior to World War II), as well as an unflinching look at the forces threatening to undermine its strengths from within: greedy capitalists, professional strikebreakers, and the Ku Klux Klan.
Subjects:	1900-1999 Human rights -- United States -- History -- 20th century. Civil rights -- United States -- History -- 20th century. Democracy -- United States -- History -- 20th century. Civil rights. Democracy. Human rights. United States.
Genre:	Documentary-style films. Historical films. Fiction films. Feature films. Feature films -- United States. Documentary-style films. Feature films. Fiction films. Historical films. History.
Other Author:	Hurwitz, Leo T., 1909-1991, film director, screenwriter, editor of moving image work. Strand, Paul, 1890-1976, film director, screenwriter, director of photography. Wolff, David, 1909-1992, screenwriter. Johnson, Fred, 1899-1971, actor. Stevenson, Houseley, 1879-1953, actor. George, Mary (Actor), actor. Rennick, John, actor. Romano, Amelia, actor. Grant, Louis, actor. Hanney, James, 1887-1942, actor. Da Silva, Howard, 1909-1986, actor. Smith, Art, 1899-1973, actor. Robeson, Paul, 1898-1976, narrator. Blitzstein, Marc, composer (expression) Frontier Films (New York, N.Y.), production company. Flicker Alley (Firm), publisher.
Other Title:	Title from disc label: Leo Hurwitz & Paul Strand's Native land
Notes:	Originally produced in the United States as a motion picture in 1942. "From The Blackhawk Films collection"--Disc label. Full screen (1.33:1). Photography, Paul Strand ; editor, Leo Hurwitz ; music, Marc Blitzstein ; production company, Frontier Films. Fred Johnson, Mary George, John Rennick, Amelia Romano, Housely Stevenson, Louis Grant, James Hanney, Howard DaSylva, Art Smith. Narrator, Paul Robeson ; commentary by David Wolff. DVD-R; NTSC; all regions; Dolby digital 2.0.
Call Number:	323.0973 Nat
Total Copies:	1
Available Copies:	1
Current Holds:	0

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