Black Is… Black Ain’t (1995)
Release Date: 11 October 1995
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.
Runtime: 87 min
Vote Average: 6.1
Vote Count: 10
Production Companies : Signifyin' Works,
Production Countries: United States of America
Budget: $ 0
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Cast
Marlon Riggs
Angela Davis
bell hooks
Essex Hemphill
Cornel West
Maulana Karenga
Barbara Smith
Michele Wallace
