Looking for Langston

Synopsis

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 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.

Main Cast

Ben Ellison

Alex

Age : N/A | Popularity : 4%

Matthew Baidoo

Beauty

Age : N/A | Popularity : 0%

Akim Mogaji

James

Age : N/A | Popularity : 7%

John Wilson

Karl

Age : N/A | Popularity : 4%

Dencil Williams

Marcus

Age : N/A | Popularity : 0%

Guy Burgess

Dean

Age : N/A | Popularity : 3%

Dublin James Wahlberg

Carlos

Age : N/A | Popularity : 6%

Harry Donaldson

Leatherboy

Age : N/A | Popularity : 0%

Crew

Department	Role	Name
Directing	Director	Isaac Julien
Art	Art Direction	Derek Brown
Production	Producer	Nadine Marsh-Edwards
Sound	Sound mixer	Ronald Bailey
	Original Music Composer	Peter Spencer Wayson Jones Trevor Mathison
Camera	Director of Photography	Nina Kellgren
Editing	Editor	Robert Hargreaves
Writing	Screenplay	Isaac Julien
Department	Role	Name

Join the discussion