Home of the Brave (1949) | |
| Director(s) | Mark Robson |
| Producer(s) | Stanley Kramer, Robert Stillman (associate) |
| Top Genres | Drama, War |
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Home of the Brave (1949) was a Drama - War Film directed by Mark Robson and produced by Stanley Kramer and Robert Stillman.
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This movie represented a significant positive change in the way African-American characters were portrayed in movies. They were no longer cast in roles confined to being just servants, plantation workers, slaves, singers and hoofers.
Upon its initial theatrical release, this film was considered a "Negro problem picture". Moreover, this movie was one of four problem pictures of 1949 according to academic, novelist, literary critic, writer, and scholar, Ralph Ellison in his essay, "The Shadow and the Act". The other films were Intruder in the Dust ; Lost Boundaries and Pinky, all triggering a nerve in a "deep center of American emotion."
The 28 February 1949 edition of 'The Hollywood Reporter' stated that filming locations for this movie included shooting at such Californian locales as the Baldwin Hills of Los Angeles and Malibu whilst real combat footage of fighting in the Pacific from the US Government would also be used for the film.
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Upon its initial theatrical release, this film was considered a "Negro problem picture". Moreover, this movie was one of four problem pictures of 1949 according to academic, novelist, literary critic, writer, and scholar, Ralph Ellison in his essay, "The Shadow and the Act". The other films were Intruder in the Dust ; Lost Boundaries and Pinky, all triggering a nerve in a "deep center of American emotion."
The 28 February 1949 edition of 'The Hollywood Reporter' stated that filming locations for this movie included shooting at such Californian locales as the Baldwin Hills of Los Angeles and Malibu whilst real combat footage of fighting in the Pacific from the US Government would also be used for the film.
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