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Looking for Langston
The 1989 film Looking for Langston, shot in sumptuous black and white, is a lyrical exploration – and recreation – of the private world of the poet, novelist, playwright, columnist and social activist Langston Hughes (1902–1967) and his fellow Black artists and writers who formed the Harlem Renaissance of the 1920s. At the time of its making, the film’s director Sir Isaac Julien was part of the Sankofa Film and Video Collective which was set up to promote the development of independent Black filmmaking. He was supported by the film critic and curator Mark Nash, who worked on the original archival and film research. The result is a landmark film in the exploration of artistic expression, the nature of desire and the reciprocity of the gaze which became a key work in what B. Ruby Rich named “New Queer Cinema”. Looking for Langston is also regarded as a touchstone in the field of African American Studies and has been part of the curriculum at North American universities, colleges and art schools for almost 30 years.
