Looking for Langston

Looking for Langston

1989
Drama
45m
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 (imdb)
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Looking for Langston

1989
Drama
45m
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Avg Percentile 51.54% from 43 total ratings

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Rated 22 Dec 2015
5
81st
A Baldwin esque, dreamlike exploration of being a queer black person, exploitation in the art world (and real life), and the AIDs crisis, among other things. More of a tone poem than a straight forward film. Its filled with amazingly composed shots of bodies, smoke, and jazz clubs.
Rated 02 Oct 2014
7
92nd
an impressionistic and erotic look through the eyes of an upper-class gay black man, deftly dealing with the AIDS epidemic, white 'collectors', police raids and homosexual desire. audacious and entrancing.
Rated 29 Feb 2024
98
97th
Looking for Langston estreava há 35 anos no Festival de Berlin. Absoluto pedaço de arte do cinema queer, acho que homenagear o maior poeta da Harlem Renaissance nunca foi tão esplêndido. VK ( https://m.vk.com/video-78193590_171661223 )

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