Black Is… Black Ain’t 1994
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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.
- Released: 1994-06-01
- Runtime: 87 minutes
- Genre: Documentary
- Stars: Marlon Riggs, Angela Davis, bell hooks, Essex Hemphill, Cornel West
- Director: Marlon Riggs, Christiane Badgley, Robert Shepard, Marlon Riggs, Nicole Atkinson
