Black Is… Black Ain’t

Name: Black Is… Black Ain’t
Genre: Documentary
Released: 01 Jun 1994
Rating: 6.10
Cast: Marlon Riggs, Angela Davis, bell hooks, Essex Hemphill, Cornel West

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.

Genre: Documentary
Studio: Signifyin' Works
Keyword: black lgbt, creole, african american, black intellectual, black identity
Cast: Marlon Riggs, Angela Davis, bell hooks, Essex Hemphill, Cornel West, Maulana Karenga

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