Alive from Off Center
Looking for Langston
S8 • E6 Jul 24, 1992 25m
This program presents an abridged version of the feature-length film "Looking for Langston," which examines the significance of homosexuality within the milieu of the Harlem Renaissance. Using the poet Langston Hughes as its centerpiece and reference point, the film blends archival footage, vintage jazz, and voice-over poetry into an audio-visual essay on the homosexual experience in Harlem during the jazz age. Includes visually-interpreted selections from the works of Hughes, Essex Hemphill, and Bruce Nugent.