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Black Is… Black Ain’t

61 %|Jun 1, 1994|Documentary

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.

Featured Crew

Marlon Riggs
Director
Robert Shepard
Director of Photography
Christiane Badgley
Editor
Nicole Atkinson
Co-Producer
Christiane Badgley
Co-Director
Jasmine Dellal
Associate Producer
Jasmine Dellal
Assistant Editor
Marlon Riggs
Producer

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