Congo Cabaret / Shonga Films in association with the Russeli & Hall Company presents ; a Quincy LeNear & Deondray Gossfield film ; directed by Quincy LeNear Gossfield, Deondray Gossfield ; produced by Quincy LeNear Gossfield, Deondray Gossfield, Robert Philipson.

Format:

Video

Contributor:

Gossett, Deondray, director, producer.

Le Near, Quincy, director, producer.

Philipson, Robert, producer.

Series:

Academic Video Online

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Nightclubs--New York (State)--New York--Drama.

Nightclubs.

African American gay men--Drama.

African American gay men.

Harlem (New York, N.Y.)--Drama.

Harlem (New York, N.Y.).

Genre:

Fiction films.

Short films.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (15 minutes)

Place of Publication:

Oakland, CA : Shoga Films, 2018.

Language Note:

In English.

System Details:

video file

Summary:

"Congo Cabaret" is an adaptation of an episode from gay writer Claude McKay's then-bestselling novel, Home to Harlem. Set in a small nightclub, this scene presents the little-known figure of a "wolf" (a masculine gay man) and features the performance of a Bessie Smith song, "Foolish Man Blues," which refers in a joking manner to "a mannish acting woman and a skippin' twistin' woman-acting man."

Participant:

Parisa Fitz-Henley, Nic Few, Russell Richardson, Kevin Daniels, Karen Obilom, Darryl Stephens.

Notes:

Title from resource description page (viewed May 04, 2020).

Adapted from Claude McKay's "Home to Harlem".

OCLC:

1158209036