Black Is… Black Ain’t
Release Date: 1995-10-11
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.
Rating: 5.6 / 10
Cast
Marlon Riggs
as Self
Angela Davis
as Self
bell hooks
as Self
Essex Hemphill
as Self
Cornel West
as Self
Crew
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Marlon Riggs - Director
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Robert Shepard - Director of Photography
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Christiane Badgley - Editor
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Nicole Atkinson - Co-Producer
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Christiane Badgley - Co-Director
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