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Looking for Langston is a 1989 British black-and-white film, directed by Isaac Julien and produced by Sankofa Film & Video Productions. It combines authentic archival newsreel footage of Harlem in the 1920s with scripted scenes to produce a non-linear impressionistic storyline celebrating black gay identity and desire during the artistic and ...
Dec 18, 2017 · A film that explores the hidden side of Langston Hughes, a black gay poet of the Harlem Renaissance. It blends fiction and nonfiction, archival clips and voice over, to portray the challenges and joys of his identity.
Oct 1, 1989 · Looking for Langston: Directed by Isaac Julien. With Ben Ellison, Matthew Baidoo, Akim Mogaji, John Wilson. A black and white, fantasy-like recreation of high-society gay men during the Harlem Renaissance, with archival footage and photographs intercut with a story.
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- Biography, Drama
- Isaac Julien
- 1989-10-01
Jun 15, 2022 · A filmmaker's lyrical evocation of Black queer history and the Harlem Renaissance. Learn about the artist's process, influences, and legacy in this exclusive interview.
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May 18, 2017 · Shot in sumptuous monochrome Looking for Langston is a lyrical exploration – and recreation – of the private world of poet, social activist, novelist, playwright, and columnist Langston Hughes (1902–1967) and his fellow black artists and writers who formed the Harlem Renaissance during the 1920s.
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