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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

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Als, Hilton (Author), Baldwin, James, 1924-1987 (Author), Hemphill, Essex (Author), Nugent, Bruce, 1906-1987 (Author)
Corporate Authors: Edward J. Lewis Book Fund, Sankofa Film & Video (Producer)
Other Authors: Baidoo, Matthew (Actor), Ellison, Ben, Ellison, Ben, 1902-1984 (Actor), Julien, Isaac (Director, Screenwriter), Marsh-Edwards, Nadine (Producer), Mogaji, Akim (Actor), Williams, Dencil (Actor)
Format: Unknown
Language:English
Published: [New York] : Water Bearer Films, [1992], ©1992
[New York] : [1992]
Series:Film festival favorites
Subjects:
Hughes, Langston, > 1902-1967 > Drama
Hughes, Langston, > 1902-1967
African American gays
American literature > African American authors > Drama
American poetry > African American authors > Drama
Feature films
Harlem Renaissance
American literature > African American authors
Documentary films
Drama
Short films
Video recordings

Internet

Columbia University

Holdings details from Columbia University
Call Number: VIDEORES00364
VIDEORES00634

University of Pennsylvania

Holdings details from University of Pennsylvania
Call Number: VHS PN1997 .L668 1992

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