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Synopsis
A mythic recreation of the private world of the black artists and writers such as Langston Hughes who formed the Harlem Renaissance of the 1920s. The film switches from archive footage to a stylized version of the jazz and blues era of Harlem to explore white society’s barriers against black homosexuality and self-imposed ‘discretion’.
Official Selection Berlinale 2016 - Panorama Teddy 30
Details
- Year
- 1989
- Type of film
- Shorts
- Running Time
- 40 mins
- Director
- Isaac Julien
- Producer
- Nadine Marsh-Edwards
- Editor
- Robert Hargreaves
- Screenwriter
- Isaac Julien
- Director of Photography
- Nina Kellgren
- Music
- Wayson Jones, Trevor Mathison, Peter Spencer
- Principal Cast
- Ben Ellison, Akim Magaji, Matthew Baidoo, John Wilson, Jimmy Somerville
Production status
Complete
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Last updated 22nd January 2016
