A personal journey through Black identity
October 11, 1995
1h 27m
EN
Marlon Riggs
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
Self
Angela Davis
Self
bell hooks
Self
Essex Hemphill
N/A
12
Self
Cornel West
Self
Maulana Karenga
Self
Barbara Smith
Self
Michele Wallace
Self
Signifyin' Works
US
