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Black Is Black Ain't

Black Is Black Ain't

5.8/10·Oct 11, 1995·1h 27m·Documentary

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.

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Black Is Black Ain't

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Marlon Riggs
Marlon Riggs
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Angela Davis
Angela Davis
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bell hooks
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Essex Hemphill
Essex Hemphill
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Cornel West
Cornel West
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Maulana Karenga
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Barbara Smith
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Michele Wallace
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