Canada Lee, Native Son

FAIN: TR-290795-23

Documentary Educational Resources, Inc. (Watertown, MA 02472-1640)
Kenny Kilfara (Project Director: August 2022 to December 2023)
Kenny Kilfara (Project Director: December 2023 to present)

Production of a feature-length film examining the life of African American actor and civil rights advocate Canada Lee (1907–52).

Canada Lee (1907–1952) was a luminary of the stage, screen, and radio who fought for racial and economic equality; tragically, his uncompromising stance on civil rights prompted the U.S. government to defame his reputation and destroy his career. An indomitable presence in socio-political and artistic circles, Lee collaborated with Orson Wells and Alfred Hitchcock, mentored Sidney Poitier, and fought against Jim Crow with close friends Paul Robeson, Langston Hughes, and Adam Clayton Powell Jr. 'Canada Lee, Native Son' is the first film to explore the life and legacy of this American patriot.