Song of Freedom (1936)
August 16, 1936Release Date
Song of Freedom (1936)
August 16, 1936Release Date
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Cast & Crew.
Paul Robeson
John 'Johnny' Zinga
Elisabeth Welch
Ruth Zinga
Esme Percy
Gabriel Donozetti
Robert Adams
Monty
James Solomon
Native Leader
Tony Wane
Mandingo
Ronald Simpson
Mr. Blane, the Pianist
George Mozart
Bert Puddick
Jenny Dean
Marian
Joan Fred Emney
Nell Puddick
Michael Barringer
Writer
Bernard Ansell
Sir James Pyrie (as Bernard Ansell)
Michael Barringer
Writer
J. Elder Wills
Director
Claude Wallace
Writer
Ambrose Manning
Trader
Dorothy Holloway
Writer
Arthur Elliott
- (as Honorable Arthur Eliot)
Cornelia Smith
Queen Zinga (as Miss C. Smith)
Ingram D'Abbes
Writer
Fenn Sherie
Writer
Sydney Benson
Gate-Keeper (uncredited)
Will Hammer
Producer
Cathleen Cavanagh
Woman (uncredited)
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Song of Freedom is a 1936 British musical drama film directed by J. Elder Wills and starring Paul Robeson. It is an early feature produced by Hammer Film Productions.
Robeson plays John Zinga, a black dockworker in England with a great bass-baritone singing voice. He is discovered by an opera impresario and becomes an international star. Yet he feels alienated from his African past, and out of place in England. By chance, he is informed that an ancestral medallion he wears proves his lineage to African kings, and he leaves fame and fortune behind to take his rightful place as royalty. Reunited with his people, he plans to improve their lives by combining Western technology with the best of African tradition.
Although unsuccessful in the US, it was notably chosen in 1950 to open the convention of Ghana's Convention People's Party. The ceremonies were presided over by future first Prime Minister of independent Ghana, Kwame Nkrumah, Robeson's friend from his London years.