IN CINEMA

LANGSTON HUGHES: THE DREAM KEEPER
Saturday, February 1st at 7PM
Tickets: $15 General Admission/ $7 Reduced Price 

St. Clair Bourne, 1987, 60 min. 16mm

Come celebrate Langston Hughes’s 126th birthday with a special 16mm screening of St. Claire Bourne’s jazz-infused portrait of the great poet! Includes commentary and performances by contemporaries, such as James Baldwin, Gwnwedolyn Brooks, Amiri Baraka, and Max Roach.

Described by director St. Clair Bourne as “a narrative performance documentary,” this category-defiant film chronicles the life of poet, Langston Hughes, as he moves from America to Senegal to Paris — from the 1920s Harlem Renaissance to the Black Pride awakening of the 1960s. Film print courtesy of Chamba Media and Film Desk.

Post-screening discussion TBA!