Looking for Langston (film, as a character and influence)
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Looking for Langston (film, as a character and influence) is a 1989 black-and-white art film by Isaac Julien that lyrically explores the life, legacy, and queer aesthetics of Langston Hughes and his Harlem Renaissance contemporaries.
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| Looking for Langston (film, as a character and influence) canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T12484365 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
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Target entity: Looking for Langston (film, as a character and influence) Context triple: [Richard Bruce Nugent, subjectOf, Looking for Langston (film, as a character and influence)]
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Langston
Langston is the given name of Langston Hughes, the influential American poet, social activist, and central figure of the Harlem Renaissance.
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B.
If Beale Street Could Talk
If Beale Street Could Talk is a 1974 novel by James Baldwin that portrays a young Black couple’s love and struggle for justice in Harlem amid systemic racism and wrongful imprisonment.
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C.
Hoke Moseley in Miami Blues
Hoke Moseley in *Miami Blues* is a grizzled, denture-wearing Miami homicide detective known for his dogged persistence and offbeat, world-weary demeanor.
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D.
Nobody Knows My Name: More Notes of a Native Son
Nobody Knows My Name: More Notes of a Native Son is a 1961 collection of essays by James Baldwin that explores race, identity, and American society during the civil rights era.
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E.
Black Man’s Verse
Black Man’s Verse is a 1935 poetry collection by African American writer and activist Frank Marshall Davis that explores Black life, racial injustice, and social struggle in the United States.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Looking for Langston (film, as a character and influence) Target entity description: Looking for Langston (film, as a character and influence) is a 1989 black-and-white art film by Isaac Julien that lyrically explores the life, legacy, and queer aesthetics of Langston Hughes and his Harlem Renaissance contemporaries.
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A.
Langston
Langston is the given name of Langston Hughes, the influential American poet, social activist, and central figure of the Harlem Renaissance.
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B.
If Beale Street Could Talk
If Beale Street Could Talk is a 1974 novel by James Baldwin that portrays a young Black couple’s love and struggle for justice in Harlem amid systemic racism and wrongful imprisonment.
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C.
Hoke Moseley in Miami Blues
Hoke Moseley in *Miami Blues* is a grizzled, denture-wearing Miami homicide detective known for his dogged persistence and offbeat, world-weary demeanor.
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D.
Nobody Knows My Name: More Notes of a Native Son
Nobody Knows My Name: More Notes of a Native Son is a 1961 collection of essays by James Baldwin that explores race, identity, and American society during the civil rights era.
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E.
Black Man’s Verse
Black Man’s Verse is a 1935 poetry collection by African American writer and activist Frank Marshall Davis that explores Black life, racial injustice, and social struggle in the United States.
- F. None of above. chosen
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