In 1932, Hughes became part of a group of black people who went to the Soviet Union to make a film depicting the plight of African Americans in the United States.
1932年，休斯加入一群支持共產主義的黑人，和他們一起去了蘇聯，嘗試製作一部描繪非裔美國人在美國的困境的電影。