Langston Hughes: The Dream Keeper 37 years old

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.

Credits

Langston Hughes: The Dream Keeper Cast

Name Character
Amiri Baraka He was 89, 79 years old when he died as Himself

Langston Hughes: The Dream Keeper Crew

Name Department
Samuel D. Pollard as Editor. Editing
Don Lenzer as Director of Photography. Camera
Arthur Albert as Director of Photography. He was 77 (now 77) years old Camera
Preston L. Holmes as Executive Producer. He was 74 (now 74) years old Production
Langston Hughes: The Dream Keeper (37 years)

  • Release day: Monday, February 23, 1987
  • Runtime: 60 minutes