Documentary · United States of America · 1995 · 1h 27m

Black Is… Black Ain’t

Black Is… Black Ain’t poster
Director
Marlon Riggs
Cast
Marlon Riggs as Self Angela Davis as Self bell hooks as Self Essex Hemphill as Self Cornel West as Self Maulana Karenga as Self
Crew
Robert Shepard — Director of Photography Christiane Badgley — Editor Marlon Riggs — Producer
Tagline

A personal journey through Black identity

Synopsis

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.

Trailer Black Is… Black Ain’t — Official Trailer
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Mood & Themes
black lgbtcreoleafrican americanblack intellectualblack identity
Key Collaborators
Marlon Riggs Director Robert Shepard Director of Photography Christiane Badgley Editor Marlon Riggs Producer
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