Special Features

New digital transfers, created from the best surviving elements; Audio commentaries by historians Jeffrey C. Stewart (The Emperor Jones) and Pearl Bowser (Body and Soul); Musical scores by Wycliffe Gordon (Body and Soul) and Courtney Pine (Borderline); Pacifica Radio interview with Paul Robeson from 1958; Four new video programs, featuring actors Ruby Dee and James Earl Jones, filmmaker William Greaves, cinematographer Tom Hurwitz, Paul Robeson Jr., and film historians Ian Christie and Stephen Bourne, and including clips from throughout Robeson's film career; A book featuring essays by Paul Robeson, Hilton Als, Charles Burnett, Ian Christie, Geraldyn Dismond, Charles Musser, Clement Alexander Price, and Deborah Willis and a note from Pete Seeger