The Broken Earth (1939 film)
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The Broken Earth (1939 film) is a 1939 American short drama notable for featuring Clarence Muse in a powerful role as a sharecropper struggling with poverty and racial injustice.
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| Label | Occurrences |
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| The Broken Earth (1939 film) canonical | 1 |
Statements (25)
| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf | short film ⓘ |
| blackAndWhite | true ⓘ |
| castMember | Clarence Muse NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| characterRole | sharecropper ⓘ |
| cinematographyBy | Roman Freulich NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| depicts |
religious faith
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sharecropping in the American South ⓘ |
| director | Roman Freulich NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| features | Clarence Muse NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| format | short film ⓘ |
| genre | drama ⓘ |
| hasSetting | rural farm ⓘ |
| hasSubject | African American life in the 1930s ⓘ |
| mainTheme |
poverty
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racial injustice ⓘ |
| narrativeFocus | African American sharecropper ⓘ |
| notableFor | powerful role for Clarence Muse ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| partOf | American independent cinema of the 1930s ⓘ |
| producer | Clifford Sanforth NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| productionCompany | Churchill-Wexler Film Productions NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| publicationDate | 1939 ⓘ |
| runningTime | 11 minutes ⓘ |
| yearOfRelease | 1939 ⓘ |
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