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Black Is… Black Ain’t

06/01/1994

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1hr 27min

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Documentary

STORY

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.

CAST & CREW

    Cast

  • Marlon Riggs
  • Angela Davis
  • bell hooks
  • Essex Hemphill
  • Cornel West

    Directors

  • Marlon Riggs
  • Emiko Omori

INFORMATION

    Production Companies

  • Signifyin' Works

    Production Countries

  • United States of America

LANGUAGES

  • English

Cast

Angela Davis

Self

bell hooks

Self

Essex Hemphill

Self

Cornel West

Self

Maulana Karenga

Self

Barbara Smith

Self

Michele Wallace

Self

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