Paul Robeson, 1st black American star
Audio 48:30
An undated photo of Paul Robeson.
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By: Valérie Nivelon
51 mins
In 2018, an exhibition at Quai Branly retraced, for the first time in France, the journey of Paul Robeson's commitment.
If the star singer and activist is forgotten in Europe, he appears in the Pantheon of the first actors of the emancipation of African-Americans.
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From the Harlem Renaissance movement to that of the non-aligned, including the war in Spain, Paul Robeson is involved in all humanist struggles.
With:
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Sarah Frioux-Salgas
, responsible for documentation of collections and archives at the Quai Branly museum - Jacques Chirac.
→ Link to the exhibition website
: click here
Our thanks to INA, the RFI sound library, Ciné-Archives and British Pathé Ltd.
The movie poster announces the UK release of "The Proud Valley" (also known as "The Tunnel") starring Paul Robeson, 1940. © John D. Kisch / Separate Cinema Archive / Getty Images
The DVD box set “Great evenings and beautiful tomorrows.
1945-1956, the militant cinema of the Liberation and the Cold War ”.
© Ciné-Archives
→ To go further:
- Ciné-Archives DVD:
Great evenings and beautiful tomorrows.
1945-1956, the militant cinema of the Liberation and the Cold War.
(Replay of September 16, 2018).
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