Black Is… Black Ain’t (1995)

A personal journey through Black identity

• Documentary

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.

Rating

5.8 / 10 (13 votes)

Release date

October 11, 1995

Runtime

1h 27m

Language

English

Director

Marlon Riggs

Status

Released