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Black Is… Black Ain’t

1995 • 1h27m Documentary

Rating

5.6/10

Popularity

1

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.

Details

Director

Marlon Riggs

Christiane Badgley

Cast

Marlon Riggs

Angela Davis

bell hooks

Release date

10/11/1995

Status

Released

Origin country

US

Vote count

11