Original release 7 juin 1998
Previous episode S1998E10 - BP Confidential
Number S1998E11
Genre Documentary
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Speak Of Me As I Am

Name: BBC Documentaries S1998E11 : Speak Of Me As I Am
Rating: 3

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Documentary film looking at the remarkable life of one of America's greatest black heroes.
Paul Robeson was a national football star who became a successful stage and screen actor, and enjoyed international acclaim in films such as Show Boat. He used his formidable reputation as a weapon in the fight for human rights for black people in the thirties and forties, but fell foul of both the black and white establishments as a result of his support for communism.
Robeson was denounced for un-American activities, trailed by the FBI, had his passport confiscated for eight years and finally died a depressed and reclusive man. In the centenary year of his birth he remains a shadowy and controversial figure in his native country.
The programme uses eye-witness accounts and archive footage to construct this portrait of a complex man who sacrificed his career for the sake of social justice.