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Congo Cabaret /

"Congo Cabaret" is an adaptation of an episode from gay writer Claude McKay's then-bestselling novel, Home to Harlem. Set in a small nightclub, this scene presents the little-known figure of a "wolf" (a masculine gay man) and features the performance of a Bessie Smith song,...

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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Gossett, Deondray (Director, Producer), Le Near, Quincy (Director, Producer), Philipson, Robert (Producer)
Format: Video
Language:English
Language Notes:In English.
Published: Oakland, CA : Shoga Films, 2018.
Series:Academic Video Online
Subjects:
Nightclubs > New York (State) > New York > Drama.
African American gay men > Drama.
Harlem (New York, N.Y.) > Drama.
African American gay men
Nightclubs
New York (State) > New York
New York (State) > New York > Harlem
Feature films
Drama
Fiction films
Short films
Fiction films.
Short films.
Feature films.
Films de fiction.
Courts métrages.
Online Access:Connect to this streaming video (Alexander Street Press)
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Summary:"Congo Cabaret" is an adaptation of an episode from gay writer Claude McKay's then-bestselling novel, Home to Harlem. Set in a small nightclub, this scene presents the little-known figure of a "wolf" (a masculine gay man) and features the performance of a Bessie Smith song, "Foolish Man Blues," which refers in a joking manner to "a mannish acting woman and a skippin' twistin' woman-acting man."
Item Description:Title from resource description page (viewed May 04, 2020).
Adapted from Claude McKay's "Home to Harlem".
Physical Description:1 online resource (15 minutes)
Playing Time:00:14:58