The Film

In this true story of the Harlem Renaissance in the Soviet Union, we are introduced to the young writer and actress Dorothy West and her mother, Rachel West, who wants to hear all about her daughter’s year in Moscow making a film.    Rachel is especially curious about the famous poet Langston Hughes.   Dorothy promises to tell all that and more, starting with the invitation for the trip that she received from her sweetheart and local reporter, Henry Lee Moon. After failing to convince her cousin, Helene Johnson, to accompany her, Dorothy sets sail with Henry Lee and 20 other Harlemites to the other side of the world, with no idea what this new world has in store for her. 

 

CAST
J. IVY AS LANGSTON HUGHES 
EVAN FRAZIER AS DOROTHY WEST
NANCY GILLIAM AS RACHEL WEST
KYLA LACY AS HELENE JOHNSON
BRODERICK CLAVERY  AS HENRY LEE
BASIL RODERICKS AS COUNTEE CULLEN
SYDNEY APOLONIO AS THE VOLUNTEER COORDINATOR 
JON KELLY AS THE NEWS REPORTER
HARLEM AND MOSCOW  WAS WRITTEN BY ALLE MIMS
DIRECTED BY ARES HARPER AND REGINA GRIFFIN.
PRODUCER  AND SOUND DESIGNER SAM RIDDELL
AUDIO ENGINEERS AARON REPPERT AND CAREY DURHAM 
MUSIC BY TRANSITIONS AND THE  URSS SOVIET CHORUS