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Title:
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.
Subject:
Hughes, Langston,--1902-1967.
Poets, American--20th century--Biography.
Afro-American poets--20th century--Biography.
Race awareness in literature.
Afro-Americans in literature.
Biographical films.
Other Authors:
Hughes, Langston, 1902-1967.
Rampersad, Arnold.
Baldwin, James, 1924-
Senghor, Léopold Sédar, 1906-
New York Center for Visual History.
Mystic Fire Video, Inc.
Other Titles:
Voices & visions (Television program)
Notes:
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.
ISBN:
9781561763146
1561763144
Locations:
OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)

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