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Black Is… Black Ain’t

A personal journey through Black identity
Oct 11, 1995 · 1h 27m
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African-American documentary filmmaker Marlon Riggs was working on this final film as he died from AIDS-related complications in 1994; he addresses the camera from his hospital bed in several scenes. The film directly addresses sexism and homophobia within the black community, with snippets of misogynistic and anti-gay slurs from popular hip-hop songs juxtaposed with interviews with African-American intellectuals and political theorists, including Cornel West, bell hooks and Angela Davis.

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Marlon Riggs
Self
Angela Davis
Self
bell hooks
Self
Essex Hemphill
Self
Cornel West
Self
Maulana Karenga
Self
Barbara Smith
Self
Michele Wallace
Self
Directed by Marlon Riggs

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EN
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Signifyin' Works
Country
US

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