Release Date

11 Oct, 1995

Runtime

01:27: (HH:MM)

Synopsis

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.

Original Title

Black Is… Black Ain’t

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Actors

Marlon Riggs

Angela Davis

bell hooks

Essex Hemphill

Cornel West

Maulana Karenga

Barbara Smith

Michele Wallace

Crew

Marlon Riggs

Christiane Badgley

Robert Shepard

Marlon Riggs

Nicole Atkinson

Christiane Badgley

Bob Paris

Sekou Shepard

Jasmine Dellal

Jasmine Dellal

Tanya Phipps

Sam Green

Bill T. Jones

Mary Watkins