Black Is… Black Ain’t
A personal journey through Black identity
October 11, 1995
87 min
✓ Released 11346 days ago
Documentary
5.8
User Score
13 votes
About
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.
Movie Info
Status: Released
Director: Marlon Riggs
Runtime: 87 min
Top Cast
Marlon Riggs
Self
Angela Davis
Self
bell hooks
Self
Essex Hemphill
Self
Cornel West
Self
Maulana Karenga
Self
Barbara Smith
Self
Michele Wallace
Self
