Black Is… Black Ain’t (1995)
Documentary
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.
Cast
- Marlon Riggs as Self
- Angela Davis as Self
- bell hooks as Self
- Essex Hemphill as Self
- Cornel West as Self
- Maulana Karenga as Self
- Barbara Smith as Self
- Michele Wallace as Self