Looking for Langston
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Isaac Julien, Sunil Gupta © Sankofa Films
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Akim Mogaji
Looking for Langston by Isaac Julien
GBR 1989, Panorama
Isaac Julien, Sunil Gupta © Sankofa Films
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Matthew Baidoo, Ben Ellison
Looking for Langston by Isaac Julien
GBR 1989, Panorama
Isaac Julien, Sunil Gupta © Sankofa Films
A lyrical consideration of the life of Harlem Renaissance poet Langston Hughes. A multilayered narrative interweaving extracts from his poetry with fantasy sequences, photographs and texts by Essex Hemphill and Bruce Nugent.
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