Movie Details
Original Language:German
Production Companies:Chronos Media DEFAStudio für Wochenschau und Dokumentarfilme
Cast & Crew
A
Andreas Bergmann
Cinematography
J
Joachim Niebelschütz
Writer
M
Monika Schäfer
Editor
Im a Negro Im an American Paul Robeson
1 hr 26 minDocumentary
Biographical notes on the American singer actor and civil rights activist Paul Robeson 18981976 At the height of his fame and skill Robesons career was cut short by Cold War anticommunist hysteria This documentary includes historic footage of the US civil rights movement clips of Robesons speeches performances and visits to East Germany GDR and the Soviet Union and interviews with his son Paul Robeson Jr and the musicians and activists Harry Belafonte Pete Seeger and Earl Robinson Coproduced by the GDRs DEFA Studio for Documentary Film and the West Berlin production company Chronos with scenes shot in the US
DirectorKurt Tetzlaff