Langston Hughes
Writing • AGE 66
An influential American writer from the early to mid 20th century. Beginning with the publication of "The Negro Speaks of Rivers" in 1921, Hughes first captured the public's imagination as a poet. A v...
Filmography
The Sun Sets Like a Scar
Poem
2024
After Midnight
Writer
2021
Kurt Weill: Street Scene
Lyricist
2019
Black Nativity
Theatre Play
2013
Cora Unashamed
Story
2000
I'm a Stranger Here Myself: Kurt Weill in America
Lyricist
1992
Looking for Langston
Self (archive footage)
1989
The Pocketbook
Original Story
1980
Nationtime
Writer
1972
Black Blues
Original Story
1968
The Strolling '20s
Writer
1966
The First World Festival of Negro Arts
Himself
1966
Jazz
Poem
1966
The Blood of Jesus
Poem
1941
Way Down South
Writer
1939