This pensive, yet celebratory meditation on black poet Langston Hughes is an original work of cinematic art. Stylish and sexy, the film incorporates the lyrical poetry of Essex Hemphill and Bruce Nugent with archival footage of the Harlem Renaissance of the 1920s. Reenacted Cotton Club scenes, romantic shots of intertwined lovers, Robert Mapplethorpe’s photographs of beautiful black men and the pounding disco beat of "Can You Feel It" are also used in telling the story of black consciousness in a culturally evolving America. Recommended for serious students of cinema only. The film comes on the tape "Gay Classics", together with two other short films.