Black Is… Black Ain’t

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Black Is… Black Ain’t (1995)

Directed by Marlon Riggs

“A personal journey through Black identity”

Documentary · 1h 27m

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.

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Cast

Marlon Riggs Self Angela Davis Self
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bell hooks Self Essex Hemphill Self Cornel West Self
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Maulana Karenga Self
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Barbara Smith Self
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Michele Wallace Self

Crew

Director
Marlon Riggs
Director of Photography
Robert Shepard
Editor
Christiane Badgley
Producer
Marlon Riggs

Details

Release date
1995-10-11
Runtime
1h 27m
Genres
Documentary
Original language
EN
Spoken languages
English
Countries
United States of America
Production
Signifyin' Works