Black Is… Black Ain’t

Black Is… Black Ain’t (1994)


  • Genre: Documentary
  • Release Date: 1994-06-01
  • User Rating: 6.1/10 from 10 ratings
  • Runtime: 1h 27min
  • Language: English
  • Production Company: Signifyin' Works
  • Production Country: United States of America
  • Director: Marlon Riggs
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Summary

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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  • Marlon Riggs

    as Self
  • Angela Davis

    as Self
  • bell hooks

    as Self
  • Essex Hemphill

    as Self
  • Cornel West

    as Self
  • Maulana Karenga

    as Self
  • Barbara Smith

    as Self
  • Michele Wallace

    as Self
Directing Marlon Riggs Director
Editing Christiane Badgley Editor
Camera Robert Shepard Director of Photography
Production Marlon Riggs Producer
Production Nicole Atkinson Co-Producer
Directing Christiane Badgley Co-Director
Editing Bob Paris Co-Editor
Sound Sekou Shepard Sound Recordist
Production Jasmine Dellal Associate Producer
Editing Jasmine Dellal Assistant Editor
Editing Tanya Phipps Assistant Editor
Editing Sam Green Assistant Editor
Crew Bill T. Jones Choreographer
Sound Mary Watkins Music
Camera Michael Chin Additional Photography
Camera Emiko Omori Additional Photography
Camera Jasmine Dellal Additional Photography
Camera Bob Paris Additional Photography