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Black Is… Black Ain’t

A personal journey through Black identity

5.6 average rating
5.6
English / 87 MIN. / 1995

The Genres

The 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.

The Cast

Marlon RiggsAngela Davisbell hooksEssex HemphillCornel WestMaulana KarengaBarbara SmithMichele Wallace

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