Big Fella
Channel: Blind Spot: Inclusivity
Date: 2016-01-16

1937 British musical drama film directed by J. Elder Wills and starring Artist/Activist/ Athlete Paul Robeson with Elisabeth Welch and Roy Emerton. It is loosely based on the novel Banjo by Harlem Renaissance writer Claude McKay.
Big Fella is set on the docks and streets of Marseilles.  Robeson stars in the leading role, as a street-wise but honest dockworker who struggles with deep issues of integrity and human values. Elisabeth Welch plays opposite him as a café singer in love with him. Robeson’s wife, Eslanda Robeson, appears as the café owner.