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. 

 

CASTJ. IVY AS LANGSTON HUGHES EVAN FRAZIER AS DOROTHY WESTNANCY GILLIAM AS RACHEL WESTKYLA LACY AS HELENE JOHNSONBRODERICK CLAVERY  AS HENRY LEEBASIL RODERICKS AS COUNTEE CULLENSYDNEY APOLONIO AS THE VOLUNTEER COORDINATOR JON KELLY AS THE NEWS REPORTERHARLEM AND MOSCOW  WAS WRITTEN BY ALLE MIMSDIRECTED BY ARES HARPER AND REGINA GRIFFIN.PRODUCER  AND SOUND DESIGNER SAM RIDDELLAUDIO ENGINEERS AARON REPPERT AND CAREY DURHAM MUSIC BY TRANSITIONS AND THE  URSS SOVIET CHORUS