The suppressed 1951 film version of Richard Wright’s 1940 novel
Native Son was released in virtual cinemas recently in a restoration presented by Kino Lorber in association with the Library of Congress, Fernando Martín Peña, and Argentina Sono Film. The film was also aired by Turner Classic Movies (TCM) this past weekend.
Shot primarily in Buenos Aires, Argentina with some exterior location shots done in Chicago, the movie was directed and co-written by Pierre Chenal, a Belgian-born director associated with French poetic realism.
Richard Wright in Native Son (1951)
In addition to co-adapting his own novel for the screen, Richard Wright performed the lead role as the ill-fated Bigger Thomas, a poor young black man in Chicago. Deeply oppressed and driven by intense fear, Bigger quickly becomes ensnared in a true American tragedy.
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even though he s going to be in russia, he s not going to talk to putin while he s there, and they ve announced it weeks in advance. the fact that russia s about to host this giant legitimately international, global event. which is the winter olympics next year. and their new anti-gay law has become a focus not just in the united states, but a broader worry and concern, and increasingly protest around the world. steven fry today writing to david cameron in the u.k., civilized nations should not give russia the honor of hosting the olympics, arguing that an absolute ban on the russian winter olympics of 2014 is simply essential, stage them elsewhere at all costs. putin cannot be seen to have the approval of the civilized world. so what happens next here? joining us now is charles cane, a professor at georgetown university. author of odessa, genius and death in a city of dreams.
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