Tongues Untied (1990)
Tongues Untied
Marlon Riggs, with assistance from other gay Black men, especially poet Essex Hemphill, celebrates Black men loving Black men as a revolutionary act. The film intercuts footage of Hemphill reciting his poetry, Riggs telling the story of his growing up, scenes of men in social intercourse and dance, and various comic riffs, including a visit to the "Institute of Snap!thology," where men take lessons in how to snap their fingers: the sling snap, the point snap, the diva snap.
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Marlon Riggs
as Self
as Self
Essex Hemphill
as Self - Poetry Performance
as Self - Poetry Performance
Brian Freeman
as Self
as Self
Michael Bell
as Self
as Self
Willi Ninja
as Self
as Self
Kerrigan Black
as Self
as Self
Blackberri
as Self
as Self
Djola Bernard Branner
as Self
as Self
Eddie Murphy
as Self (archive footage)
as Self (archive footage)
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Marlon Riggs
Director
Director
Vivian Kleiman
Director of Photography
Director of Photography
Joseph Beam
Writer
Writer
Steve Langley
Original Music Composer
Original Music Composer
Marlon Riggs
Director of Photography
Director of Photography
Marlon Riggs
Original Music Composer
Original Music Composer
Reginald Jackson
Writer
Writer
Steve Langley
Writer
Writer
Chris Harris
Writer
Writer
Alan Miller
Writer
Writer
Donald Woods
Writer
Writer
Alex Langford
Original Music Composer
Original Music Composer
Brian Freeman
Associate Producer
Associate Producer
Marlon Riggs
Producer
Producer
Marlon Riggs
Editor
Editor
Essex Hemphill
Writer
Writer
Marlon Riggs
Writer
Writer
