Looking for Langston (1989)
45 min
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.
- Data de estreia
- 31 de outubro de 1989
- País de origem
- Estados Unidos, Reino Unido
Elenco
- Ben Ellison como Alex
- Matthew Baidoo como Beauty
- Akim Mogaji como James
- John Wilson como Karl
- Dencil Williams como Marcus
- Guy Burgess como Dean
- James Dublin como Carlos
- Harry Donaldson como Leatherboy
- Jimmy Somerville como Angel
- Stuart Hall como British voice
Equipe
- Isaac Julien · Diretor(a)
- Isaac Julien · Roteirista
- Nadine Marsh-Edwards · Produtor(a)
- Wayson Jones · Compositor(a)
- Trevor Mathison · Compositor(a)
- Peter Spencer · Compositor(a)
- Nina Kellgren · Diretor(a) de fotografia
- Robert Hargreaves · Editor(a)
- Isaac Julien · Diretor(a) de elenco
- Nadine Marsh-Edwards · Diretor(a) de elenco