Black Is… Black Ain’t

IMDb 5.6 1995 • 87 min • Documentary

Director

Marlon Riggs

Country

US

Plot Summary

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.

Top Cast

Marlon Riggs
Marlon Riggs Self
Angela Davis
Angela Davis Self
bell hooks
bell hooks Self
Essex Hemphill
Essex Hemphill Self
Cornel West
Cornel West Self