Is Looking for Langston violent?

No. Less violent than 92% of well-known films. This describes how the film comes across as a whole, measured against other well-known films; it is not a content list.

Is Looking for Langston sad?

Yes. More sad than 75% of well-known films. This describes how the film comes across as a whole, measured against other well-known films; it is not a content list.

Is Looking for Langston easy watching?

Somewhat. More comforting than 71% of well-known films. This describes how the film comes across as a whole, measured against other well-known films; it is not a content list.

Is Looking for Langston scary?

Not especially. Less frightening than 65% of well-known films. This describes how the film comes across as a whole, measured against other well-known films; it is not a content list.

Does Looking for Langston end with hope?

About average. Almost exactly mid-range for a well-known film. This describes how the film comes across as a whole, measured against other well-known films; it is not a content list.

Looking for Langston

Name: Looking for Langston
Genre: Drama
Released: 1989
Duration: 45 min
Rating: 5.1
Cast: Ben Ellison, Matthew Baidoo, Akim Mogaji, John Wilson, Dencil Williams

Directed by Isaac Julien

Produced by BFI, Sankofa Film & Video

198945 min5.1 / 10

A poetic, archival meditation on Black queer desire and freedom during the Harlem Renaissance, blending dream logic with historical documentation.

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.

Clusters

Artists Fooling Themselves Love Beyond Time and Flesh Loneliness and Longing Reflective Life Stories Art and Philosophy Movements

Genres

Drama

Keywords

Lgbt Harlem Renaissance Gay Theme

Questions people ask

Is Looking for Langston violent? No. Less violent than 92% of films.
Is Looking for Langston sad? Yes. More sad than 75% of films.
Is Looking for Langston easy watching? Somewhat. More comforting than 71% of films.
Is Looking for Langston scary? Not especially. Less frightening than 65% of films.
Does Looking for Langston end with hope? About average. Almost exactly mid-range.

These describe how the film comes across, measured across the whole film and compared with other well-known films. They are not a content list — nothing here was counted or checked scene by scene, so for age-suitability or specific content use a classification board or a dedicated content-warning service.

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