Looking For Langston

Großbritannien, 1989
Length
40 minutes
Director
Isaac Julien
Cast
  • Ben Ellison
  • Matthew Baidoo
  • John Wilson
  • Akim Mogaji
  • Dencil Williams
  • Guy Burgess
  • Simon Fogg
  • James Dublin
  • Harry Donaldson
  • Jimmy Somerville

Content

The life and work of Langston Hughes in the 1930s and 1940s during the renaissance of Jazz and Blues in Harlem, is a prime example for the identity of the gay, black artist. Poetical texts by Essex Hemphill interact with dramatised sequences and archive material, to produce a bond betwenn the stylistic levels of the film.

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Credits

Production company
Sankofa Film & Video Ltd.
Original title
Looking For Langston