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A personal journey through Black identity
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.
October 11, 1995
Signifyin' Works
8 people
Marlon Riggs
Self
Directing
Angela Davis
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Acting
bell hooks
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Acting
Essex Hemphill
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Acting
Cornel West
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Acting
Maulana Karenga
Self
Acting
Barbara Smith
Self
Acting
Michele Wallace
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