Looking for Langston
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. A wake is going on, with mourners gathered around a coffin. Downstairs is an elegant bar where tuxedoed men dance and talk. One of them has a dream in which he comes upon Beauty, who seems to reject him, although when he awakes, Beauty is sleeping beside him. His story and his visits to the jazz and dance club are framed by voices reading from the poetry and essays of Hughes and others. The text is rarely explicit, but the freedom of gay Black men in the 1920s in Harlem is suggested and celebrated visually.
- Director
- Isaac Julien
- Original Music Composer
- Peter Spencer
- Screenplay
- Isaac Julien
- Original Music Composer
- Wayson Jones
- Original Music Composer
- Trevor Mathison
Cast
Questions
- Is Looking for Langston free to watch?
- Not on Filmghar: we only play films and episodes that are in the public domain or that the owner has made free. We'll show it here as soon as it is free.
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- Who is in the cast of Looking for Langston?
- Looking for Langston stars Ben Ellison, Matthew Baidoo, Akim Mogaji, John Wilson.
- What kind of film is Looking for Langston?
- Looking for Langston (1989) is a drama film.
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