Black Is… Black Ain’tMovie
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.
About Black Is… Black Ain’t
Black Is… Black Ain’t is a 1995 documentary movie directed by Marlon Riggs.
The production information lists a runtime of 1h 27m, production credits from United States of America, an original language code of EN.
The credited cast includes Marlon Riggs, Angela Davis, bell hooks, Essex Hemphill. The synopsis above summarizes the central premise without adding details beyond the available title information.
