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Original Title
Black Is… Black Ain’t
Status
Released
Production Companies
Signifyin' Works
Original Language
EN
Budget
-
Revenue
-
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.
Director
Marlon Riggs
Production Countries
United States of America
Spoken Languages
English
