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Tongues Untied (1990)
Directed by Marlon Riggs
“Black Men Loving Black Men”
Documentary · 55m
Marlon Riggs, with assistance from other gay Black men, especially poet Essex Hemphill, celebrates Black men loving Black men as a revolutionary act. The film intercuts footage of Hemphill reciting his poetry, Riggs telling the story of his growing up, scenes of men in social intercourse and dance, and various comic riffs, including a visit to the "Institute of Snap!thology," where men take lessons in how to snap their fingers: the sling snap, the point snap, the diva snap.
Cast
Marlon Riggs
Essex Hemphill
Michael Bell
Willi Ninja
Blackberri
Eddie Murphy
Crew
- Director
- Marlon Riggs
- Writer
- Joseph Beam, Reginald Jackson, Steve Langley, Donald Woods, Chris Harris, Alan Miller, Essex Hemphill, Marlon Riggs
- Director of Photography
- Vivian Kleiman, Marlon Riggs
- Original Music Composer
- Steve Langley, Marlon Riggs, Alex Langford
- Editor
- Marlon Riggs
- Producer
- Marlon Riggs
Details
- Release date
- 1990-03-16
- Runtime
- 55m
- Genres
- Documentary
- Original language
- EN
- Spoken languages
- English
- Countries
- United States of America
- Production
- Signifyin' Works