Langston Hughes [videorecording] : the dream keeper / a New York Center for Visual History production ; producer, Robert Chapman ; director, St. Clair Bourne ; writer, Leslie Lee.
Format:
[videorecording] :
Publisher:
Mystic Fire Video,
Copyright Date:
c1995
Description:
1 videocassette (57 min.) : sd., col. with b&w sequences ; 1/2 in.
Originally produced as a documentary film in 1988. An episode from the PBS television program: Voices & visions.
Summary:
Explores the life and work of American author Langston Hughes. Examines the role of race in his poetry, the influence of 1920s jazz and blues on the development of his poetic vision, and his efforts to fulfill the writer's duties to society. Includes appearances by Hughes and performances of his poetry, combined with discussions by Arnold Rampersad, James Baldwin, and Léopold Sédar Senghor.
This resource is supported by the Institute of Museum and Library Services under the provisions of the Library Services and Technology Act as administered by State Library of Iowa.