Harlem and Moscow is an audio drama based on the true story of the Harlem Renaissance in the Soviet Union. This audio podcast immerses you in the journey as you travel to the other side of the world and back again with America’s best-kept literary secret.
In 1932, a group of Harlem Renaissance artists and activists traveled to Moscow to make a film on racism in America that would start a revolution.
Among them was up-and-coming writer Dorothy West, who was looking for a break in her acting career and the chance to connect with famed writer Langston Hughes.
Dorothy West recounts her year in the Soviet Union, recalling the hookups, heartbreaks, and lessons learned along the way.
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Harlem and Moscow is an audio drama based on the true story of the Harlem Renaissance in the Soviet Union. This audio podcast immerses you in the journey as you travel to the other side of the world and back again with America’s best-kept literary secret.
In 1932, a group of Harlem Renaissance artists and activists traveled to Moscow to make a film on racism in America that would start a revolution.
Among them was up-and-coming writer Dorothy West, who was looking for a break in her acting career and the chance to connect with famed writer Langston Hughes.
Dorothy West recounts her year in the Soviet Union, recalling the hookups, heartbreaks, and lessons learned along the way.
In the final episode of Harlem and Moscow: Red Flags we’re taking the conversation to the present day with the daughter of the 1932 trip organizer Louise Thompson Patterson. Playwright Alle Mims sits down for an enlightening and heartwarming conversation with MaryLouise Patterson. The pair discuss MaryLouise’s childhood as a “red-diaper baby” with parents in the Communist Party USA, famous family friends like Harry Belafonte, Beah Richards, and Paul Robeson, and a teenage trip to the USSR in the 1960s. Alle and MaryLousie also talk about McCarthyism, Louise’s FBI file, and the modern concerns of leftist organizers. Then, MaryLouise leaves us with a positive word about her love for Black people and encourages us to get active in our own communities.
CREDITSMusic Courtesy Of:TransitionURSS Soviet Chorus
Harlem & Moscow
Harlem and Moscow is an audio drama based on the true story of the Harlem Renaissance in the Soviet Union. This audio podcast immerses you in the journey as you travel to the other side of the world and back again with America’s best-kept literary secret.
In 1932, a group of Harlem Renaissance artists and activists traveled to Moscow to make a film on racism in America that would start a revolution.
Among them was up-and-coming writer Dorothy West, who was looking for a break in her acting career and the chance to connect with famed writer Langston Hughes.
Dorothy West recounts her year in the Soviet Union, recalling the hookups, heartbreaks, and lessons learned along the way.
