Black Is… Black Ain’t
"A personal journey through Black identity"
Overview
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.
About Black Is… Black Ain’t (1995)
Released in 1995, Black Is… Black Ain’t is a documentary film from Signifyin' Works (United States of America). It was directed by Marlon Riggs. The cast is led by Marlon Riggs, Angela Davis, bell hooks, Essex Hemphill and Cornel West. With a runtime of 1h 27m, the film averages 5.8/10 across 13 TMDB ratings.
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