Black Is… Black Ain’t
(1995)
October 11, 1995• 1h 27m
58%
TMDB ScoreOverview
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.
Marlon Riggs
Director
Top Billed Cast
MR
Marlon Riggs
Self
AD
Angela Davis
Self
bh
bell hooks
Self
EH
Essex Hemphill
Self
CW
Cornel West
Self
MK
Maulana Karenga
Self
BS
Barbara Smith
Self
MW
Michele Wallace
Self
