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Hughes' dream Harlem
- Title
- Hughes' dream Harlem / directed by Jamal Joseph.
- Publication
- San Francisco, CA : California Newsreel, 2002.
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- Description
- 1 videodisc (61 min.) : sound color; 4 3/4 in.
- Summary
- Langston Hughes was one of the most prominent figures of the Harlem Renaissance and is often referred to as Harlem's poet laureate. This film shows how Hughes successfully fused jazz, blues and common speech to celebrate the beauty of Black life. This multi-layered documentary consists of spoken-word sessions, roundtable discussions and a tour of Hughes' Harlem hang-outs.
- Alternative Title
- Dream Harlem
- Langston Hughes : Hughes' dream Harlem
- Subjects
- Harlem Renaissance
- Feature films
- African American poets > 20th century > Biography
- Nonfiction films
- African Americans > New York (State) > New York > Intellectual life
- Harlem (New York, N.Y.) > Intellectual life > 20th century
- African American arts > New York (State) > New York
- Hughes, Langston, 1902-1967
- Documentary films
- Genre/Form
- Documentary films.
- Nonfiction films.
- Feature films.
- Credits (note)
- Screenwriters, Darralynn Hutson, Jad Joseph, Jamal Joseph ; producers, Jamal Joseph, Darralynn Hutson ; cinematographer, Bobby Shepard ; editor, K.A. Chisholm ; composers, Bill Toles, Charles Mack ... [et al.] ; original poetry by Kraal "Kayo" Charles ... [et al.] ; executive producer, Voza Rivers ; narrators, Ossie Davis and Jad Joseph ; a New Heritage Films and D. Hutson L.L.C. production
- System Details (note)
- DVD-R, NTSC.
- Call Number
- Sc Visual DVD-277
- OCLC
- 56909721
- Title
- Hughes' dream Harlem / directed by Jamal Joseph.
- Imprint
- San Francisco, CA : California Newsreel, 2002.
- Country of Producing Entity
- United States.
- System Details
- DVD-R, NTSC.
- Performer
- Renactment actors: Donald Cogsville, Jr. (Langston Hughes), Joyce Joseph (Toy Harper), Butler Dowery (Emerson Harper), Jamal Joseph, Jr. (Young Langston), Albert Davis, Ossie Davis ; narrators, Ossie Davis and Jad Joseph.
- Credits
- Screenwriters, Darralynn Hutson, Jad Joseph, Jamal Joseph ; producers, Jamal Joseph, Darralynn Hutson ; cinematographer, Bobby Shepard ; editor, K.A. Chisholm ; composers, Bill Toles, Charles Mack ... [et al.] ; original poetry by Kraal "Kayo" Charles ... [et al.] ; executive producer, Voza Rivers ; narrators, Ossie Davis and Jad Joseph ; a New Heritage Films and D. Hutson L.L.C. production
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- Added Author
- Joseph, Jamal, film director.Joseph, Jad, screenwriter.Hutson, Darralynn, screenwriter.Davis, Ossie, narrator.Cogsville, Donald, actor.Joseph, Joyce, 1947- actor.Dowery, Butler, actor.California Newsreel (Firm)New Heritage Films, production company.
- Note
- At head of title: Langston Hughes : Hughes' dream Harlem
- Research Call Number
- Sc Visual DVD-277