Film
Black Is… Black Ain’t
1995 · 1h 27m · Documentary
A personal journey through Black identity
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Overview
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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Cast
Marlon Riggs
Self
Angela Davis
Self
bell hooks
Self
Essex Hemphill
Self
Cornel West
Self
Maulana Karenga
Self
Barbara Smith
Self
Michele Wallace
Self
Crew
- Marlon RiggsDirector · Producer
- Robert ShepardDirector of Photography
- Christiane BadgleyEditor
Media
Details
- Release date
- October 11, 1995
- Status
- Released
- Original language
- English
- Runtime
- 1h 27m
- Genres
- Documentary
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