Black Is… Black Ain’t (1995)

A personal journey through Black identity

Directed by Marlon Riggs1h 27mDocumentary

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.

Year
1995
Country
US
Language
English
Release date
11 October 1995
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5.8 (13)
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Marlon Riggs
Marlon Riggs
Self
Angela Davis
Angela Davis
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b
bell hooks
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Essex Hemphill
Essex Hemphill
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Cornel West
Cornel West
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M
Maulana Karenga
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B
Barbara Smith
Self
M
Michele Wallace
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