"A meditation on Langston Hughes (1902-1967) and the Harlem Renaissance : with the poetry of Essex Hemphill and Bruce Nugent." Cast: Ben Ellison, Matthew Baidoo, Akim Mogaji, Dencil Williams. Poetry and text, James Baldwin, Essex Hemphill, Bruce Nugent, Hilton Als.
Summary:
A meditation on the Black poet Langston Hughes and an attempt to reclaim him as an important Black gay in American culture. Original footage of the Cotton Club in the 1920's and period blues music set the scene for this examination of attitudes towrd homosexuality then and now.
OCLC:
(OCoLC)39712037
Locations:
SOAX911 -- Simpson College - Dunn Library (Indianola)
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