Paul Robeson: Tribute to an Artist

Paul Robeson: Tribute to an Artist
Directed bySaul J. Turell
Written bySaul J. Turell
Produced byJessica Berman
Saul J. Turell[1]
StarringPaul Robeson
Sidney Poitier
Narrated bySidney Poitier
Edited byDonald P. Finamore
Distributed byJanus Films
Release date
  • 1979 (1979)
Running time
30 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

Paul Robeson: Tribute to an Artist is a 1979 American short documentary film directed by Saul J. Turell.[2] In 1980, it won an Oscar at the 52nd Academy Awards for Documentary Short Subject.[3] It was released alongside Robeson's other films on a Criterion Collection box set in 2007.[4][5]

  1. ^ William Shatner and Persis Khambatta present Documentary Oscars in 1980-Oscars on YouTube
  2. ^ Criterion Channel
  3. ^ 1980|Oscars.org
  4. ^ Paul Robeson: Portraits of the Artist|The Criterion Collection
  5. ^ Amazon.com: Paul Robeson: Portraits of the Artist (Body and Soul / Borderline / The Emperor Jones / Paul Robeson: Tribute to an Artist / Sanders of the River / Jericho / The Proud Valley / Native Land) (The Criterion Collection)