Black Is… Black Ain’t

87 mins
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.

Marlon Riggs

Director

Robert Shepard

Director of Photography

Marlon Riggs

Producer

Nicole Atkinson

Co-Producer

Bob Paris

Co-Editor

Sekou Shepard

Sound Recordist

Jasmine Dellal

Associate Producer

Jasmine Dellal

Assistant Editor

Tanya Phipps

Assistant Editor

Sam Green

Assistant Editor

Bill T. Jones

Choreographer

Michael Chin

Additional Photography

Emiko Omori

Additional Photography

Jasmine Dellal

Additional Photography

Bob Paris

Additional Photography

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