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Native Son – 1951 Film Still Speaks
?Fear has haunted Thomas to the very end.? Richard Wright?s 1940 novel Native Son is one of the standards of African-American literature. It has found its way to the screen a few times. The first such film, directed by Belgian director Pierre Chenal, was made in Argentina in 1951. The international flair is worth noting,…