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Black Is… Black Ain’t (1995)

Black Is… Black Ain’t (1995)

Documentary

A personal journey through Black identity

Release Date: 1995, October 11
Directors: Marlon Riggs
Countries: United States of America
Production: Signifyin' Works
Cast: Angela Davis, Cornel West, Barbara Smith, Essex Hemphill, bell hooks, Maulana Karenga, Michele Wallace

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.

Keywords:

african american black lgbt creole black identity black intellectual