Release Date

01 Jun, 1994

Runtime

01:27: (HH:MM)

Synopsis

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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Actors

Marlon Riggs

Angela Davis

bell hooks

Essex Hemphill

Cornel West

Maulana Karenga

Barbara Smith

Michele Wallace

Crew

Marlon Riggs

Christiane Badgley

Robert Shepard

Bob Paris

Sam Green

Nicole Atkinson

Jasmine Dellal

Jasmine Dellal

Tanya Phipps

Sekou Shepard

Bill T. Jones

Marlon Riggs

Christiane Badgley

Mary Watkins