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.
Crew
St. Clair Bourne
Director
Leslie Lee
Writer
Sam Pollard
Editor
Sandra Guthrie
Assistant Editor
Don Lenzer
Director of Photography
Arthur Albert
Director of Photography
Preston L. Holmes
Executive Producer
Robert Chapman
Producer
Dolores Elliott
Associate Producer
Jonathan David
Additional Camera
Ernest R. Dickerson
Additional Camera
Karen Perry
Wardrobe Supervisor
James Finney
Hairstylist, Makeup Artist
Ira Spiegel
Sound Editor
J.T. Takagi
Sound
Stanley Cowell
Original Music Composer
Clive Davidson
Additional Soundtrack
Rick Stobaugh
Additional Soundtrack
Hob Zabarsky
Additional Soundtrack
John Fitzpatrick
Additional Soundtrack
Edward Burbridge
Set Designer, Art Direction
Arnold Rampersad
Consulting Producer
Lincoln Harrice
Grip
Ralph Perri
Grip
Charles Houston, Jr.
Gaffer
Minda Novek
Researcher