369 - Paul Robeson: Portraits of the Artist

[criterionmaster]

- All new, digital transfers created from the best surviving elements
- Audio commentaries by historians Jeffrey C. Stewart (The Emperor Jones) and Pearl Bowser (Body and Soul)
- Musical scores by Wycliffe Gordon (Body and Soul) and Courtney Pine (Borderline)
- 1958 Pacifica Radio interview with Paul Robeson
- Four new video programs featuring interviews with actors Ruby Dee and James Earl Jones, filmmaker William Greaves, cinematographer Tom Hurwitz, film historians Ian Christie and Stephen Bourne, and Paul Robeson Jr., and including film clips from Song of Freedom (1936), King Solomon's Mines (1937), and Big Fella (1938)
- Optional English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing
- PLUS: A book featuring an excerpt from Paul Robeson's Here I Stand, new essays by Clement Alexander Price, Hilton Als, Charles Burnett, Ian Christie, Deborah Willis, and Charles Musser, and a reprinted article by Harlem Renaissance writer Geraldyn Dismond

[misterbalco]

I cant believe that people arent excited about this release! I read about this man in history, he was a pioneer for Blacks during the 20's, one of the first Black movie men in history. Its a shame more dont know more about this man, Im fuckin PSYCHED about this release. Not to mention, the covers look sharp.

[criterionmaster]

Well you will be happy to know it got a good review from DVDBeaver.com then.