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Looking for Langston (1989)
R
45 min | Biography, Drama

Looking for Langston (1989)

45 min | Biography, Drama

A black and white, fantasy-like recreation of high-society gay men during the Harlem Renaissance, with archival footage and photographs intercut with a story. A wake is going on, with mourners gathered around a coffin. Downstairs is an ...See moreA black and white, fantasy-like recreation of high-society gay men during the Harlem Renaissance, with archival footage and photographs intercut with a story. A wake is going on, with mourners gathered around a coffin. Downstairs is an elegant bar where tuxedoed men dance and talk. One of them has a dream in which he comes upon Beauty, who seems to reject him, although when he awakes, Beauty is sleeping beside him. His story and his visits to the jazz and dance club are framed by voices reading from the poetry and essays of Hughes and others. The text is rarely explicit, but the freedom of gay Black men in the 1920s in Harlem is suggested and celebrated visually. Written by See less

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11 cast members

Name	Known for
Ben Ellison Alex Alex See fewer	Bergerac (1981)
Matthew Baidoo Beauty Beauty See fewer	The Chair (2021)
Akim Mogaji James James See fewer	Soldier Soldier (1991)
John Wilson Karl Karl See fewer	Full Metal Jacket (1987)
Dencil Williams Marcus Marcus See fewer	Marilyn: Baby U Left Me (version 2) (1985)
Guy Burgess Dean Dean See fewer	EastEnders (1985)
James Dublin Carlos Carlos See fewer	The Bill (1984)
Harry Donaldson Leatherboy Leatherboy See fewer	Looking for Langston (1989)
Jimmy Somerville Angel Angel See fewer	Zack and Miri Make a Porno (2008)
Stuart Hall British voice (voice) British voice (voice) See fewer	The English Programme (1976)
Langston Hughes Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	Way Down South (1939)