Black Is… Black Ain’t
Release Date: 1994-06-01
Runtime: 87 min
Genre(s): documentary
Director: Marlon Riggs
Producer(s): Marlon Riggs
Production Country: United States of America
Original Language: English
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.
Cast:
Crew:
Marlon Riggs (Director), Robert Shepard (Director of Photography), Christiane Badgley (Editor), Nicole Atkinson (Co-Producer), Christiane Badgley (Co-Director), Jasmine Dellal (Associate Producer), Jasmine Dellal (Assistant Editor), Marlon Riggs (Producer), Tanya Phipps (Assistant Editor), Sekou Shepard (Sound Recordist), Sam Green (Assistant Editor), Bob Paris (Co-Editor), Bill T. Jones (Choreographer), Mary Watkins (Music), Jasmine Dellal (Additional Photography), Michael Chin (Additional Photography), Emiko Omori (Additional Photography), Bob Paris (Additional Photography)