Langston Hughes: The Dream Keeper
1987, English. Directed by St. Clair Bourne.
One in a series of 13 documentaries on renowned American poets produced by the New York Center for Visual History. Described by director St. Clair Bourne as “a narrative performance documentary,” this category-defiant film on the life of poet and writer Hughes and the times in which he lived and worked moves from America to Senegal to Paris, from the 1920s Harlem Renaissance to the Black Pride awakening of the 1960s.
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- 23 February 1987
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- Leslie Lee
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Langston Hughes: The Dream Keeper runs 60 minutes (1h 0m).
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Who directed Langston Hughes: The Dream Keeper?
Langston Hughes: The Dream Keeper (1987) was directed by St. Clair Bourne and stars Amiri Baraka.