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1989 | 45m | English
Popularity: 0.4 (history)
| Director: | Isaac Julien |
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| Writer: | Isaac Julien |
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| 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 from the poetry and essays of Hughes and others. The text is rarely explicit, but the freedom of gay Black men in the 1920s in Harlem is suggested and celebrated visually. | |
| Release Date: | Oct 31, 1989 |
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| Director: | Isaac Julien |
| Writer: | Isaac Julien |
| Genres: | Drama |
| Keywords | lgbt, harlem renaissance, gay theme |
| Production Companies | BFI, Sankofa Film & Video |
| Box Office |
Revenue: $0
Budget: $0 |
| Updates |
Updated: Feb 03, 2025 (Update) Entered: Apr 28, 2024 |
| Name | Character |
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| Ben Ellison | Alex |
| Matthew Baidoo | Beauty |
| Akim Mogaji | James |
| John Wilson | Karl |
| Dencil Williams | Marcus |
| Guy Burgess | Dean |
| Dublin James Wahlberg | Carlos |
| Harry Donaldson | Leatherboy |
| Jimmy Somerville | Angel |
| Langston Hughes | Himself (archive footage) |
| Stuart Hall | British voice (voice) |
| Name | Job |
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| Robert Hargreaves | Editor |
| Peter Spencer | Original Music Composer |
| Wayson Jones | Original Music Composer |
| Nina Kellgren | Director of Photography |
| Derek Brown | Art Direction |
| Ronald Bailey | Sound mixer |
| Trevor Mathison | Original Music Composer |
| Isaac Julien | Screenplay, Director |
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| Nadine Marsh-Edwards | Producer |
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