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Overview
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.
Release date
31/10/1989
Votes
24
Popularity
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Stuart Hall
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Original Soundtrack
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Dressed in Blue
Debut
Naked Lunch
You’re My Best Friend
Seven Lucky Gods
And the Band Played On
As Good as It Gets
The Blood Moon
Gods and Monsters
Label Me
I Miss You
Where We Go from Here
Temptation of the Mask
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American Gigolo
Wiener Brut
Time to Leave
Buddies
Beyond the Walls
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