Black Is… Black Ain’t (1994)
Overview : 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.
Release Date : June 1, 1994
Runtime : 87m
Genre : Documentary
Companies : Signifyin' Works
Countries : United States of America
Keywords : black lgbt, creole, african american, black intellectual, black identity