Borderline
Director: Kenneth Macpherson
Cast: Blanche Lewin, Charlotte Arthur, Eslanda Robeson, Gavin Arthur, Hilda Doolittle, Paul Robeson
Synopsis:
Cast: Blanche Lewin, Charlotte Arthur, Eslanda Robeson, Gavin Arthur, Hilda Doolittle, Paul Robeson
Synopsis:
Starring Paul Robeson (one of the first black movie actor/singers to achieve mainstream popularity) in a rare silent role, this experimental drama was thought lost until the 1990s when it was rediscovered by the British Film Institute. The Switzerland-set melodrama takes place in a resort and chronicles the reaction of patrons when an interracial couple shows up for a stay. Some critics claim that careful, sensitive viewers may be able to pick out gay subtext running throughout the story.
Reviews
Film School Rejects
Neil Miller
Neil Miller
Le Devoir, Montréal
Odile Tremblay
Odile Tremblay
Chicago Reader
Dave Kehr
Dave Kehr
