The Proud Valley
Pen Tennyson
United Kingdom,
1940
By the start of World War II, Paul Robeson had given up his lucrative mainstream work to participate in more socially progressive film and stage productions. As David Goliath, in the popular British drama The Proud Valley, Robeson is the quintessential everyman, an American sailor who joins rank-and-file Welsh miners organizing against the powers that be.
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- 76 min
- B&W
- 1.33:1
Formats
- DVD
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