The Broken Earth
| The Broken Earth | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | Roman Freulich |
| Starring | Clarence Muse |
Production company | Continental Pictures |
Release date |
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| Country | United States |
The Broken Earth is an American film written and directed by Roman Freulich in 1939[dubious – discuss]. The 11-minute short film stars Clarence Muse as a sharecropper and widower who plows his farm and tries to care for a sick son, pleading and praying for divine intervention.[1] The film includes a soundtrack of negro spirituals.
Freulich was a photographer who immigrated from Poland. He shot movie stills and glamour shots, along with shooting the film with dramatic angels.[2] The film is extant.[3]
Muse owned a ranch that was used as a filmmaking location.[4]
The Southern Methodist University Libraries have the film in their collection[5] The film was screened in 2007 and discussed by Morgan State University professor Thomas Cripps.[3]
References
[edit]- ↑ "Black Cast Films | UC Berkeley Library". www.lib.berkeley.edu.
- ↑ "MoMA Commemorates the Great Migration in Film :: IRAAA". iraaa.museum.hamptonu.edu.
- 1 2 Kaltenbach, Chris (February 16, 2007). "Drumming up interest in 'Zebra Kids'". baltimoresun.com.
- ↑ "The Black Experience from L.A. Auteurs" (PDF). Curated by Donna Mungen. 1994.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: others (link) - ↑ "Film Titles and Descriptions – SMU". www.smu.edu.
External links
[edit]- Broken Earth at Southern Methodist University Libraries
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