Looking for Langston : a meditation on Langston Hughes (1902-1967) and the Harlem Renaissance with the poetry of Essex Hemphill and Bruce Nugent (1906-1987) in memory of James Baldwin (1924-1987) /

Looking for Langston : a meditation on Langston Hughes (1902-1967) and the Harlem Renaissance with the poetry of Essex Hemphill and Bruce Nugent (1906-1987) in memory of James Baldwin (1924-1987) /

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This self-described meditation on the life of Harlem Renaissance poet Langston Hughes addresses the possible, possibly imagined, life of the author as a gay man. Both documentary and fantasy, it blends archival footage with black and white paeans to a life that might have been--a Harlem nightclub fr...

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Bibliographic Details
Corporate Authors: British Film Institute, Sankofa Film & Video, Strand Releasing (Firm)
Other Authors: Als, Hilton, Baidoo, Matthew (Actor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/act), Baldwin, James, 1924-1987, Ellison, Ben (Actor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/act), Hemphill, Essex, Julien, Isaac, Marsh-Edwards, Nadine, Nugent, Bruce, 1906-1987
Format: Unknown
Language:English
Published: London : New York, NY : Sankofa Film and Video ; Distributed by Strand Releasing, [2007]
Subjects:
Hughes, Langston, > 1902-1967
African American authors > Sexual behavior > Drama
African American gay men > 20th century > Drama
African American poets > 20th century > Drama
Closeted gays > Drama
Gay men > Drama
Gay men > New York (State) > New York > Drama
Harlem Renaissance
Harlem (New York, N.Y.) > Drama
Foreign films
Biographical films
Black films and programs
Erotic films
Fiction films
Historical films
Short films
Video recordings for the hearing impaired

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Columbia University

Holdings details from Columbia University
Call Number: DVD PS3515.U274 Z676 2007
DVD18473
DVD24037

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