Song of Freedom
Song of Freedom is a 1936 British film starring Paul Robeson.
Robeson plays Zinga, a black dockworker in England with a great baritone singing voice. He is discovered by an opera impresario, and is catapulted into great fame as an international opera star. Yet he feels alienated from his African past, and out of place in England. By chance, he is informed that an ancestral medallion that he wears is proof of his lineage to African kings, and he leaves fame and fortune to take his rightful place of royalty. Reunited with his people, he plans to improve their lives by combining the best of western technology with the best of traditional African ways.Although the film was not a box office success in the US, it was notably chosen in 1950 to open the convention of Ghanas Convention Peoples Party. The ceremonies were presided over by the future first prime minister of independent Ghana, Kwame Nkrumah, Robesons friend from his London years. ........
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