Black Is… Black Ain’t (1995) — Watch on 7Shows

Film·1995·1h 27m

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.

Directed by Marlon Riggs

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8 credited

Marlon Riggs

Marlon RiggsSelf

Angela Davis

Angela DavisSelf

bell hooks

bell hooksSelf

Essex Hemphill

Essex HemphillSelf

Cornel West

Cornel WestSelf

Maulana Karenga

Maulana KarengaSelf

Barbara Smith

Barbara SmithSelf

Michele Wallace

Michele WallaceSelf

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