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Kino International
Featuring: Paul Robeson, Mercedes Gilbert, Eslanda Robeson, Julia Theresa Russell, Lawrence Chenault, Marshall Rodgers
Although the 1920s brought him acclaim as a stage actor and singer, Paul Robeson still had to prove himself as a viable screen performer. Mainstream avenues were limited, however, and his first two films, both silent, were made on the peripheries of the film business. Body and Soul (1925), directed by the legendary African-American filmmaker Oscar Micheaux, is a direct critique of the power of the cloth, casting Robeson in dual roles as a jackleg preacher and a well-meaning inventor. Borderline (1930), the sole feature of British film theorist Kenneth Macpherson, boldly blends Eisensteinian montage and domestic melodrama, and features Robeson and his wife, Eslanda, as lovers caught up in a tangled web of interracial affairs. With these first independent works, Robeson revealed his stunning and expressive on-screen physical presence and laid the groundwork for what would become a history-making career.
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Body and Soul
Year: 1925
Time: 79
Aspect Ratios
1.33:1
Audio
Musical Score Dolby Digital Stereo 2.0
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Borderline
Year: 1930
Time: 65
Aspect Ratios
1.33:1
Audio
Musical Score Dolby Digital Stereo 2.0
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Technical Specifications
Format:
DVD
Disc:
DVD-9 (1 Disc)
Total: 1 Disc
Regions:
1 (DVD)
Aspect Ratio:
1.33:1
Audio Options:
Musical Score Dolby Digital Stereo 2.0
Subtitles:
English
Supplements
Types of Supplements Included: Audio Commentary, Alternate Soundtrack
- Audio commentary for Body and Soul by Oscar Micheaux historian Pearl Bowser
- Musical scores by jazz recording artists and composers Wycliffe Gordon (Body and Soul) and Courtney Pine (Borderline)
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Artwork: Rodrigo Corral
Producer: Abbey Lustgarten