Paul Robeson

Trailer for Sing Your Song. Wonderfully archived, and told with a remarkable sense of intimacy, visual style, and musical panache, Susanne Rostock's inspiring biographical documentary, Sing Your Song, surveys the life and times of singer, actor, and activist Harry Belafonte. From his rise to fame as a singer--inspired by Paul Robeson--and his experiences touring a segregated country, to his provocative crossover into Hollywood, Belafonte's groundbreaking career personifies the American civil rights movement and impacted many other social-justice movements. Rostock reveals Belafonte as a tenacious hands-on activist who worked intimately with Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., mobilized celebrities for social justice, participated in the struggle against apartheid in South Africa, and took action to counter gang violence, imprisonment, and the incarceration of youth.

Wonderfully archived, and told with a remarkable sense of intimacy, visual style, and musical panache, Susanne Rostock's inspiring biographical documentary, SING YOUR SONG, surveys the life and times of singer, actor, and activist Harry Belafonte. From his rise to fame as a singer--inspired by Paul Robeson--and his experiences touring a segregated country, to his provocative crossover into Hollywood, Belafonte's groundbreaking career personifies the American civil rights movement and impacted many other social-justice movements. Rostock reveals Belafonte as a tenacious hands-on activist who worked intimately with Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., mobilized celebrities for social justice, participated in the struggle against apartheid in South Africa, and took action to counter gang violence, imprisonment, and the incarceration of youth.

A video program with filmmaker William Greaves and actors Ruby Dee and James Earl Jones.

This Academy Award-winning documentary short is narrated by Sidney Poitier and traces Paul Robeson's career through his activism and his socially charged performances of his signature song, "Ol' Man River."

Brutus Jones, a Pullman porter, powers his way to the rule of a Caribbean island.

A new video interview with Paul Robeson, Jr.

An American sailor joins rank-and-file Welsh miners organizing against the powers that be.

An Nigerian chief aids a British Colonial Officer in maintaining order in their district.

Jackie Robinson, Paul Robeson, and the amazing corollary between the dignity of Will Smith's hairstyle and his paychecks. From Aaron McGruder, creator of 'The Boondocks.'

ing a great song, that is. Last week, we told you that American Idol star Katherine McPhee scrapped plans of singing Somewhere Over the Rainbow in order to sing I Have Nothing , upon learning Whitney Houston was in the audience. Here s the thing about that. If you re going to get up in front of arguably the greatest singer of our time in order to honor her, then you better lay that track down! You better sing it so well that half the U.S. Navy drowns in ecstasy! For example, when the day finally comes where I find myself serenading Paul Robeson in heaven, you best believe he ll be weeping into his own lap from the sheer beauty of it all. So did McPhee live up to expectation? Check out this clip of the concert taken from Access Hollywood, and you tell us. It took us a few minutes to realize that the noise we were hearing wasn t our cat on the rag.

Tenth reel of ten from the press conference for Sing Your Song at the Berlin International Film Festival.

Ninth reel of ten from the press conference for Sing Your Song at the Berlin International Film Festival.