Paul Robeson
Paul Robeson (April 9, 1898 - January 23, 1976) was an American concert bass-baritone, athlete, actor and political activist. Born in Princeton, New Jersey he was educated at Rutgers College and Columbia University Law School. After briefly practising as a lawyer he left the trade due to racism and instead pursued his acting and singing career.
Known for
- Hollywood Black (2024)
- AFI's 100 Years... 100 Songs: America's Greatest Music in the Movies (2004)
- The Real Charlie Chaplin (2021)
- King Solomon's Mines (1937)
- Tales of Manhattan (1942)
- Brother, Can You Spare a Dime? (1975)
- Black Shadows on a Silver Screen (1975)
- Show Boat (1936)
- Scandalize My Name: Stories from the Blacklist (1998)
- Paul Robeson: Here I Stand (1999)
- Howard Zinn: Voices of a People's History of the United States (2006)
- Contradictory America. Faith, hope, love and hate. Film 2 (1973)
- Sanders of the River (1935)
- Paul Robeson: Tribute to an Artist (1979)
- Musical Comedy Tonight III (1985)
- I’m a Negro, I’m an American – Paul Robeson (1990)
- The Tallest Tree in Our Forest (1977)
- Paul Robeson: Speak of Me as I Am (1998)
- Big Fella (1938)
- Britain on Film: Black Britain (2017)