LOOKING FOR LANGSTON (Double Feature with TONGUES UNTIED)

Isaac Julien's beautiful and lyrical exploration of black and white gay identities, LOOKING FOR LANGSTON is a poetic meditation on Langston Hughes' work and life-style during the jazz/blues-infused Harlem Renaissance of the 1930s and '40s. The film's idealized reconstruction of Black gay life, then and now, is rich with lyricism and erotic imagery, and serves as a scenic backdrop for the poetry of Hughes and Essex Hemphill.