Black Is… Black Ain’t (1994)
Black Is… Black Ain’t
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
as Self
Angela Davis
as Self
as Self
bell hooks
as Self
as Self
Essex Hemphill
as Self
as Self
Cornel West
as Self
as Self
Maulana Karenga
as Self
as Self
Barbara Smith
as Self
as Self
Michele Wallace
as Self
as Self
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Marlon Riggs
Director
Director
Christiane Badgley
Editor
Editor
Robert Shepard
Director of Photography
Director of Photography
Bob Paris
Co-Editor
Co-Editor
Sam Green
Assistant Editor
Assistant Editor
Nicole Atkinson
Co-Producer
Co-Producer
Jasmine Dellal
Associate Producer
Associate Producer
Jasmine Dellal
Assistant Editor
Assistant Editor
Tanya Phipps
Assistant Editor
Assistant Editor
Sekou Shepard
Sound Recordist
Sound Recordist
Bill T. Jones
Choreographer
Choreographer
Marlon Riggs
Producer
Producer
Christiane Badgley
Co-Director
Co-Director
Mary Watkins
Music
Music
Bob Paris
Additional Photography
Additional Photography
Jasmine Dellal
Additional Photography
Additional Photography
Emiko Omori
Additional Photography
Additional Photography
Michael Chin
Additional Photography
Additional Photography
