Steve McQueen to movie Paul Robson
Director Steve McQueen intends to shoot a biographical movie dedicated to the famous American musician, actor and activist Paul Robson. This is reported by The Guardian. The director described this picture as "a project of his dreams", which until that moment he was not able to realize. McQueen says he has been a Robson fan since the age of 14, when he managed to read a book that described the singer performing in front of striking Welsh miners. Recall that Paul Robson was born into a poor family in the American Princeton. He studied at Columbia University, where he received the profession of a lawyer, but he could not get a job in his specialty because of his skin color. Since 1925 he began performing, performing Negro folk songs. In the 30s he visited the Soviet Union, which made the most favorable impression on him. Later he was even awarded the Stalin Prize for "strengthening peace between peoples." Paul Robson has been under surveillance all his life, but no evidence of his membership in the US Communist Party has been collected. Steve McQueen did not specify when he plans to start movieing this movie. Recall that the director's movie "12 Years of Slavery" was awarded the Oscar 2014 as "Best Film of the Year". The Topic of Article: Steve McQueen to movie Paul Robson. |
