Movie

Black Is… Black Ain’t

★ 5.8/10 · 13 votes 1995 1h 27m Released

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.

Cast

Marlon Riggs Self Angela Davis Self b bell hooks Self Essex Hemphill Self Cornel West Self M Maulana Karenga Self