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A personal journey through Black identity
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.
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Marlon Riggs
Self
Angela Davis
Self
Essex Hemphill
Self
Cornel West
Self
Jasmine Dellal
Additional Photography
Bill T. Jones
Choreographer
Marlon Riggs
Director
Jasmine Dellal
Assistant Editor
Jasmine Dellal
Associate Producer
Marlon Riggs
Producer
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Source: IMDB (New York Lesbian and Gay Film Festival)
Oct 11, 1995
Source: IMDB (New York)
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