Remembering slavery on screen: Paul Robeson in The Song of Freedom (1936)

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Remembering slavery on screen: Paul Robeson in The Song of Freedom (1936)

This article examines cinematic remembrances of the Atlantic slave trade through the lens of Paul Robeson-starring British film The Song of Freedom (1936). An exceptional visualization of the horrors of the Middle Passage in transatlantic interwar cinema, the production nevertheless recapitulates an...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Durkin, Hannah
Format:	Article
Published:	Taylor & Francis 2013
Subjects:	Paul Robeson The Song of Freedom (1936) British interwar cinema British colonialism anti-imperialism slavery in cinema
Online Access:	https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/30954/

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