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Looking for Langston / Sankofa Film & Video presents a meditation on Langston Hughes (1902-1967) and the Harlem Renaissance ; producer, Nadine Marsh-Edwards ; written and directed by Isaac Julien.
LIBRA DVD/PAL 009 701
Available from offsite location
- Format:
- Video
- Author/Creator:
- Hemphill, Essex, author.
- Nugent, Bruce, 1906-1987, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Hughes, Langston, 1902-1967.
- Hughes, Langston.
- Harlem Renaissance.
- African American poets--20th century--Biography.
- African American poets.
- African American gay men--20th century--Biography.
- African American gay men.
- Motion pictures, British.
- Genre:
- Gay erotic films.
- Biographical films.
- Fiction films.
- Documentary films.
- Video recordings for hard of hearing people.
- Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
- Motion pictures, British.
- Biographies.
- Video recordings.
- Physical Description:
- 1 videodisc (45 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet (43 pages : illustrations ; 19 cm)
- monochrome
- Place of Publication:
- England : BFI, [between 2000 and 2009?]
- Language Note:
- Optional English subtitles.
- System Details:
- DVD PAL; Region 2.
- digital
- optical
- PAL
- video file
- DVD video
- region 2
- Summary:
- A lyrical and poetic consideration of the life of revered Harlem Renaissance poet Langston Hughes.
- Participant:
- Ben Ellison, Matthew Baidoo, Akim Mogaji.
- Credits:
- Director of photography, Nina Kellgren ; editor, Robert Hargreaves.
- Notes:
- Includes the poetry of Essex Hemphill and Bruce Nugent.
- Originally released as a motion picture in 1989.
- Aspect ratio 1.33:1.
- Special features: commentary with Isaac Julien and Nina Kellgren; short film, Portrait in Blue: Essex Hemphill; First and last words; photo gallery.
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the John G. Hartman Memorial Library Fund.
- OCLC:
- 61705976
- Publisher Number:
- 5035673006528
- BFIVD652 BFI
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