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Release Date:
June 1, 1994
Original Title:
Black Is… Black Ain’t
Genres:
Documentary
Production Companies:
Signifyin' Works
Production Countries:
United States of America
Ratings / Certifications:
N/A
Runtime: 87
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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Additional Photography:
Michael Chin
Emiko Omori
Jasmine Dellal
Bob Paris
Assistant Editor:
Jasmine Dellal
Tanya Phipps
Sam Green
Associate Producer:
Jasmine Dellal
Choreographer:
Bill T. Jones
Co-Director:
Christiane Badgley
Co-Editor:
Bob Paris
Co-Producer:
Nicole Atkinson
Director:
Marlon Riggs
Director of Photography:
Robert Shepard
Editor:
Christiane Badgley
Music:
Mary Watkins
Producer:
Marlon Riggs
Sound Recordist:
Sekou Shepard
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