In this program, Pulitzer Prize-winner Alice Walker and renowned Langston Hughes biographer Arnold Rampersad talk about "The Poet Laureate of Harlem" with award-winning filmmaker Bruce Schwartz. Together they discuss experiences that shaped young Langston, how he came to be a writer, the beauty of his writing style, his practice of reaching out to aspiring writers, and the Harlem Renaissance as a literary and cultural watershed. They also discuss the force of religion in Southern Christian African-American communities and "Salvation," Hughes' coming-of-age story deftly brought to the screen by Schwartz.

Films Media Group

Hughes, Langston, 1902-1967, Hughes, Langston, 1902-1967. Salvation, African American authors--Biography, Biography

Langston Hughes: working toward salvation

Walker, Alice (Commentator), Rampersad, Arnold (Commentator), Schwartz, Bruce R. (Producer), Schwartz, Bruce R. (Director), Lindquist, Kris (Film editor), Heinle (Firm) (Producer), Films for the Humanities & Sciences (Firm) (Distributor)

00:26:33 (HH:MM:SS)

English

Higher education

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