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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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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 Hollywood Reporter' of 21 March 1949 reported that this movie would feature background choral work performed by the Jester Hairston Choir.
This is one of few early World War II films to feature an American soldier who was an African-American.
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