Looking for Langston
1989, English. Directed by Isaac Julien.
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.
- Runtime
- 0h 45m
- Post-credits
- None listed
- Language
- English
- Rated
- NR
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- Released
- 31 October 1989
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Written by
- Isaac Julien
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Looking for Langston runs 45 minutes (0h 45m).
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Looking for Langston is rated NR in India. Check the rating guidance before watching with young children.
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Looking for Langston isn’t streaming on any OTT platform in India yet; it released on 31 October 1989. (Checked 9 November 2026.)
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Who directed Looking for Langston?
Looking for Langston (1989) was directed by Isaac Julien and stars Ben Ellison, Matthew Baidoo, Akim Mogaji.