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Films at AAMP: Looking for Langston
NOW RESCHEDULED FOR FRIDAY, MARCH 9, 6:30 p.m.
$5 Advance | $7 General Admission | Free for Members!
In conjunction with our Winter/Spring 2018 exhibitions Black Pulp! and Went Looking for Beauty, AAMP presents a screening of the black and white instant classic films, Looking for Langston.
Award-winning British filmmaker Isaac Julien`s Looking for Langston is both critically acclaimed and controversial. The film is a lyrical and poetic consideration of the life of revered Harlem Renaissance poet Langston Hughes. Isaac Julien invokes Hughes as a black gay cultural icon, against an impressionistic, atmospheric setting that parallels a Harlem speakeasy of the 1920s with a 1980s London underground nightclub. Extracts from Hughes poetry are interwoven with the work of cultural figures from the 1920s and beyond, including Essex Hemphill, Bruce Nugent, and Robert Mapplethorpe, constructing a lyrical and multilayered narrative.
Julien explores the ambiguous sexual subtexts of the period of rich artistic expression, and the enduring cultural significance of the pioneer s work. Shot in sumptuous monochrome, the film combines archival footage with the newly staged set pieces, fantasy sequences, and an imagined love story. The result is a beautiful and ultimately celebratory piece about artistic expression and the nature of desire.
Doors open at 6 p.m. for exhibition viewing, and the film will start promptly at 6:45 p.m. Reserve your tickets here.
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