Paris Is Burning
1991
Black Is… Black Ain’t
1/6/1994 1h 27m 6.1/10
Overview
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.
Director
Marlon Riggs
Top Billed Cast
Cornel West
Self
Angela Davis
Self
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bell hooks
Self
Marlon Riggs
Self
Essex Hemphill
Self
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Maulana Karenga
Self
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