Voices & Visions Langston Hughes (Season 1, Episode 6)
TV Episode | Documentary

Voices & Visions

Langston Hughes (Season 1, Episode 6)

TV Episode | Documentary

Hughes writes about the beauty, dignity, and heritage of black Americans. Interviews, music and dance performances convey his work and influences, discussed by James Baldwin and biographer Arnold Rampersad.

Director

St. Clair Bourne

Writer

Leslie Lee

Producer

Robert Chapman

Composer

Stanley Cowell (original music)

Cinematographers

Arthur Albert | Don Lenzer

Editor

Sam Pollard

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17 cast members

Name	Known for
Mellissa Arsenia Brown Paris Musician Paris Musician See fewer	Voices & Visions (1988)
Francisco Calimba Paris Musician Paris Musician See fewer	Voices & Visions (1988)
Ed Cherry Guitar Player Guitar Player See fewer	Voices & Visions (1988)
Olu Dara Trumpet Player Trumpet Player See fewer	Overlord (2018)
Randy Garrett Paris Musician Paris Musician See fewer	Voices & Visions (1988)
Dianne McIntyre Susanna Jones / Dancer Susanna Jones / Dancer See fewer	Beloved (1998)
Novella Nelson Poetry Narration Poetry Narration See fewer	The Devil's Advocate (1997)
Mamadou Niang Voice of Hon. Leopold Senghor Voice of Hon. Leopold Senghor See fewer	Voices & Visions (1988)
Roscoe Orman Poetry Narration Poetry Narration See fewer	Follow That Bird (1985)
Clarence Reynolds Hughes as child Hughes as child See fewer	Holy Man (1998)
David Langston Smyrl Jesse B. Simple Jesse B. Simple See fewer	ER (1994)
Vernell Spearman Grandmother on porch Grandmother on porch See fewer	Voices & Visions (1988)
D. Stevens Hughes in Paris Hughes in Paris See fewer	Get on Up (2014)
James Baldwin Self (uncredited) Self (uncredited) See fewer	I Am Not Your Negro (2016)
Amiri Baraka Self (uncredited) Self (uncredited) See fewer	Bulworth (1998)
Gwendolyn Brooks Self (uncredited) Self (uncredited) See fewer	The Creative Person (1966)
Léopold Sédar Senghor Self (uncredited) Self (uncredited) See fewer	Batouk (1967)