Black Is… Black Ain’t
A personal journey through Black identity
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.
Documentary
5.6
11 reviewsRuntime: 87 min.
Budget: N/A
Revenue: N/A
Release Date: 1995-10-11
Director(s): Marlon Riggs
Production: Signifyin' Works
Languages: English
IMDB: tt0109285
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