Looking for Langston (1989)
Looking for Langston (1989)
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.

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Cast

Ben Ellison Ben Ellison As: Alex
Matthew Baidoo Matthew Baidoo As: Beauty
Akim Mogaji Akim Mogaji As: James
John Wilson John Wilson As: Karl
Dencil Williams Dencil Williams As: Marcus
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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.


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Certification: NR

Details

Genres: Drama

Language: English

Release Date: 31 October 1989

Country: GB

Runtime: 45m

Company Credits

Company: BFI, Sankofa Film & Video

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Cast

Directed By

Writing Credits

Isaac Julien

Isaac Julien

Screenplay

Production Crew

Edited By

Costume and Makeup

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Sound

Trevor Mathison

Trevor Mathison

Original Music Composer

Ronald Bailey

Ronald Bailey

Sound mixer

Wayson Jones

Wayson Jones

Original Music Composer

Peter Spencer

Peter Spencer

Original Music Composer

Visual Effects

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Camera

Nina Kellgren

Nina Kellgren

Director of Photography

Lighting

Not currently known.

Art Department

Derek Brown

Derek Brown

Art Direction

Other Crew

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