Black Is… Black Ain’t
1995
5.8 (13)
1 hr 27 min
English
A personal journey through Black identity
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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- Released
- Production
- Signifyin' Works
Keywords
- black lgbt
- creole
- african american
- black intellectual
- black identity
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Top Cast
Marlon Riggs as Self
Angela Davis as Self
bell hooks as Self
Essex Hemphill as Self
Cornel West as Self
Maulana Karenga as Self
Barbara Smith as Self
Michele Wallace as Self
Top Crew
Marlon Riggs · Director
Robert Shepard · Cinematographer
Christiane Badgley · Editor
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