Black Is… Black Ain’t (1994)

ALL 06/01/1994 (en) Documentary 87 Min
  • Release
    06/01/1994
  • Production
    Signifyin' Works
  • Rotten tomato
    61%
  • Original title
    Black Is… Black Ain’t
  • Original language
    en
  • Production Cost
  • 0.00
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Overview

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.

  1. Marlon Riggs

    Director

  2. Story

  3. Marlon Riggs

    Producer



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Black Is… Black Ain’t (1994) 87 Min

ALL 06/01/1994 (en)
Documentary
  • Release 06/01/1994
  • Production
    Signifyin' Works
  • Original title Black Is… Black Ain’t
  • en
  • Revenue0.00

Overview

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.

  1. Marlon Riggs

    Director

  2. Story

  3. Christiane Badgley

    Editor

  4. Marlon Riggs

    Producer