Black Is… Black Ain’t
1995, English. Directed by Marlon Riggs.
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.
- Runtime
- 1h 27m
- Post-credits
- None listed
- Language
- English
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- 11 October 1995
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- United States of America
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Who directed Black Is… Black Ain’t?
Black Is… Black Ain’t (1995) was directed by Marlon Riggs and stars Marlon Riggs, Angela Davis, bell hooks.