Black Is… Black Ain’t (1995)

Name: Black Is… Black Ain’t
Genre: Documentary
Released: 2020-06-29
Duration: 1 hr 27 min
Rating: 61
Cast: Marlon Riggs, Angela Davis, bell hooks, Essex Hemphill, Cornel West

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NR 1 hr 27 minOct 11th, 1995Documentary

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.

StarringMarlon RiggsAngela Davisbell hooks

DirectorMarlon Riggs

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