Langston Hughes: The Dream Keeper (1987)
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.
Director: St. Clair Bourne
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Amiri Baraka as Himself |
| Production | Robert Chapman | Producer |
| Camera | Lincoln Harrice | Grip |
| Sound | Ira Spiegel | Sound Editor |
| Costume & Make-Up | James Finney | Hairstylist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Karen Perry | Wardrobe Supervisor |
| Editing | Sam Pollard | Editor |
| Directing | St. Clair Bourne | Director |
| Art | Edward Burbridge | Art Direction |
| Camera | Ernest R. Dickerson | Additional Camera |
| Sound | J.T. Takagi | Sound |
| Camera | Ralph Perri | Grip |
| Writing | Leslie Lee | Writer |
| Sound | Stanley Cowell | Original Music Composer |
| Art | Edward Burbridge | Set Designer |
| Camera | Jonathan David | Additional Camera |
| Lighting | Charles Houston, Jr. | Gaffer |
| Production | Dolores Elliott | Associate Producer |
| Editing | Sandra Guthrie | Assistant Editor |
| Production | Arnold Rampersad | Consulting Producer |
| Production | Minda Novek | Researcher |
| Sound | Hob Zabarsky | Additional Soundtrack |
| Production | Preston L. Holmes | Executive Producer |
| Sound | Clive Davidson | Additional Soundtrack |
| Sound | John Fitzpatrick | Additional Soundtrack |
| Sound | Rick Stobaugh | Additional Soundtrack |
| Costume & Make-Up | James Finney | Makeup Artist |
| Camera | Don Lenzer | Director of Photography |
| Camera | Arthur Albert | Director of Photography |
