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The film is thought to be a story about the rise of the slaves, the dream achieving of the blacks, the wish of the African people around the world to “free their own people of their superstitions and bring the advantages of civilization to the region”. But the most remarkable part of the movie was always considered as the incredible ‘vocal talents’. It’s his amazing voice and those spectacular music pieces that bring the film to a masterpiece. The film is still a blockbuster thought in didn’t do very well in boxing in US due to the different attitude held by the South and the North part of America. “Advertised as a "$500,000 epic" (a not inconsiderable sum for a British film in the mid-1930s), Song of Freedom did quite well at the box-office—except, of course, in the white-bread American South.”
Audiences are thinking the film too idealistic but still appreciate the vocal component of the film. “This was a fairly good film dating back to 1936 from Hammer Productions in Britain. Starring Paul Robeson, whose extraordinary vocal talents are properly utilized. Overall, the film is good, if not a bit too idealistic. But it doesn't harm the film's integrity and Robeson's great talent as both an actor and singer. Seeing how this film is not known well, I would recommend it. It's not a very long picture; it runs just under and hour and twenty minutes. So take some the time, and find this movie. If not for the film, then do it for Robeson's vocal talents.”
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