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Native Son, also known as Sangre negra (in Spanish: "Black Blood"), is a 1951 Argentine black-and-white drama film directed by French filmmaker Pierre Chenal. It is based on the novel Native Son by American author Richard Wright, who also stars in the film and co-wrote the screenplay with Chenal.
With Richard Wright, Jean Wallace, Gloria Madison, Nicholas Joy. In 1940s Chicago, a young black man takes a job as a chauffeur to a white family, which takes a turn for the worse when he accidentally kills the teenage daughter of the couple and then tries to cover it up.
- (500)
- Drama, Film-Noir
- Pierre Chenal
- 1951-03-02
Richard Wrights legendary novel is at once an American classic and an incisive examination of what it means to be black in America. The writer himself stars in this superlative adaptation of his ...
- 108 min
- 35.6K
- Black Introvert
Native Son (1940) is a novel written by the American author Richard Wright. It tells the story of 20-year-old Bigger Thomas, a black youth living in utter poverty in a poor area on Chicago's South Side in the 1930s. Thomas accidentally kills a white woman at a time when racism is at its peak and he pays the price for it. [1]
- Richard Wright, Arnold Rampersad
- 1940
Native Son - Black Film Archive. Based on Richard Wright's international bestseller, this film features Wright taking on the role of his protaganist Bigger Thomas —a Black boy chauffeuring for a White family who is framed for the murder of their teenage daughter. Director: Pierre Chenal. Year: 1951. Genre: Drama. Type: Feature.
Classic Pictures, Inc. Country. Argentina and United States. Location. Buenos Aires,Argentina; Chicago, Illinois, United States. Screenplay Information. Based on the novel Native Son by Richard Wright (New York, 1940).
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Native Son, also known as Sangre negra, is a 1951 Argentine black-and-white drama film directed by French filmmaker Pierre Chenal. It is based on the novel Native Son by American author Richard Wright, who also stars in the film and co-wrote the screenplay with Chenal.
