Black Is… Black Ain’t

Name: Black Is… Black Ain’t
Director: Marlon Riggs
Genre: Documentary
Released: 1995-10-11
Duration: 87 min
Cast: Marlon Riggs, Angela Davis, bell hooks, Essex Hemphill, Cornel West

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1995 · 87 min · Documentary · TMDB 5.8/10

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.

Directed by Marlon Riggs

Cast

Marlon Riggs — Self
Angela Davis — Self
bell hooks — Self
Essex Hemphill — Self
Cornel West — Self