The Broken Earth is an American film written and directed by Roman Freulich in 1939[dubious – discuss]. The 11-minute short film stars Clarence Muse as a sharecropper and widower who plows his farm and tries to care for a sick son, pleading and praying for divine intervention.[1] The film includes a soundtrack of negro spirituals.
Freulich was a photographer who immigrated from Poland. He shot movie stills and glamour shots, along with shooting the film with dramatic angels.[2] The film is extant.[3]
Muse owned a ranch that was used as a filmmaking location.[4]
The Southern Methodist University Libraries have the film in their collection[5] The film was screened in 2007 and discussed by Morgan State University professor Thomas Cripps.[3]
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- ^ "The Black Experience from L.A. Auteurs" (PDF). Curated by Donna Mungen. 1994.
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