1994
Black Is… Black Ain’t (1994)
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.
Marlon Riggs
87 min
United States of America
DirectorMarlon Riggs
CastAngela Davis, bell hooks, Cornel West, Essex Hemphill, Marlon Riggs, Maulana Karenga
CountryUnited States of America
Duration87 min