Looking for Langston
Looking for Langston is a 1989 British black-and-white film, directed by Isaac Julien and produced by Sankofa Film & Video Productions. It combines authentic archival newsreel footage of Harlem in the 1920s with scripted scenes to produce a non-linear impressionistic storyline celebrating black gay identity and desire during the artistic and cultural period known as the Harlem Renaissance in New York. The film has a runtime of about 42 minutes.
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author | Isaac Julien |
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award | Teddy Award |
contentLocation | Harlem |
director | Isaac Julien |
musicBy | Peter Spencer Trevor Mathison Wayson Jones |
producer | Nadine March-Edwards |
productionCompany | Sankofa Film & Video Productions |
publisher | British Film Institute |
theme | lgbt-related |