This Academy Award-winning documentary short Paul Robeson: Tribute to an Artist, narrated by Sidney Poitier, traces the career of Paul Robeson through his activism and his socially charged performances of his signature song, “Ol’ Man River.”
Saul J. Turell
Director, Writer
Paul Robeson
Himself (archive footage)
Sidney Poitier
Narrator (voice)
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