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.
Christiane Badgley
Editor
Robert Shepard
Director of Photography
Nicole Atkinson
Co-Producer
Christiane Badgley
Co-Director
Bob Paris
Co-Editor
Sekou Shepard
Sound Recordist
Tanya Phipps
Assistant Editor
Sam Green
Assistant Editor
Mary Watkins
Music
Michael Chin
Additional Photography
Emiko Omori
Additional Photography
Bob Paris
Additional Photography