Black Is… Black Ain’t

Black Is… Black Ain’t (1994)

Documentary

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.

star 6.1
  • Release Date: 1994-06-01
  • Runtime: 1h 27min
  • Director: Marlon Riggs

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    • Trailer

    Cast

    • Marlon Riggs

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    • Angela Davis

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    • bell hooks

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    • Essex Hemphill

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    • Cornel West

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    • Maulana Karenga

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    • Barbara Smith

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    • Michele Wallace

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