Description |
1 videodisc (DVD) (45 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in |
Summary |
A meditation on the life and work of black poet Langston Hughes. Using original footage of the Cotton Club in the 1920's and period blues numbers, it examines attitudes toward homosexuality then and now |
Notes |
Originally made as a motion picture: London : Sankofa Film & Video,1989 |
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"A meditation on Langston Hughes (1902-1967) and the Harlem Renaissance with the poetry of Essex Hemphill and Bruce Nugent." |
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Special features: Full commentary with Isaac Julien and Nina Kellgren ; short film: Portrait in blue : Essex Hemphill (Isaac Julien, 2005) : "First and last words : Essex Hemphill and Larry Duckette in conversation" - audio recording of a 1990 radio programme ; Photo gallery ; 48-page illustrated booklet |
Credits |
Written and directed by Isaac Julien ; produced by Nadine Marsh-Edwards ; director of photography Nina Kellgren |
Audience |
Rated 15 |
Notes |
DVD, region 2, PAL |
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Optional subtitles for the hearing-impaired |
Subject |
Hughes, Langston, 1902-1967.
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Harlem Renaissance.
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Genre/Form |
Video recordings.
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Author |
Julien, Isaac.
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Marsh-Edwards, Nadine.
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Kellgren, Nina.
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Hemphill, Essex.
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Nugent, Bruce, 1906-1987.
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Sankofa Film & Video.
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British Film Institute.
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