Outsider
Subtitle: Body and soul; and borderline
Contributors: Chenault, Lawrence; Gilbert, Mercedes; Tatum, E. G.; Verwayen, Percy; Russell, Julia Theresa; Macpherson, Kenneth; Robeson, Eslanda Goode, 1896-1965; Doorn, Helga; Arthur, Gavin; Arthur, Charlotte; Lewin, Blanche
Series: Paul Robeson : portraits of the artist; Criterion collection -- 371
Publisher: Criterion Collection
Published: 2007
Place of publication: [Irvington, NY]
Language: eng
Format: [videorecording] :
Number of pages: 154
ISBN-13: 9781934121214
Subjects: African Americans; Drama; Racism; Race discrimination; Feature films; Video recordings for the hearing impaired
Other titles: Body and soul; Borderline
Description: Body and soul: the story of a minister gone corrupt.  He associates with the owner of a house of gambling, forces a girl to steal and later kills the girl's brother.  But, when all is said and done it's only a dream.  Borderline: Adah, a negro woman has an affair with Thorne, a white man.  To the dismay of some of the townfolk and Thorne's wife "Astrid", Adah attempts to reconcile with her man "Pete".  Eventually, Adah leaves him and the town.  Astrid goes mad and cuts Thorne's face and arm with a knife, then mysteriously dies.  Thorne is tried and acquitted.  Because of the events, the Mayor sends Pete a letter asking him to leave town for the good of all concerned.
Notes: Videodisc release of the 1925 "Body and soul" and 1930 "Borderline"  films.

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Paul Robeson, Julie Theresa Russell, Lawrence Chenault, Mercedes Gilbert, E.G. Tatum, and Percy Verwayen "Body and soul".  Paul Robeson, Eslanda Robeson, Helga Doorn, Gavin Arthur, Charlotte Arthur, and Blanche Lewin "Borderline".

DVD; Dolby digital mono., Dolby digital stereo.

Subtitles for the deaf and hard-of-hearing.
Table of contents: title: Body and soul (1925) / Oscar Micheaux (79 min.); title: Borderline (1930) / Kenneth Macpherson(75 min.).