Black Is… Black Ain’t (1995)

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.

Released

1995-10-11

Genres

Documentary

Runtime

87 min

Status

Released

Directed / written by

Marlon Riggs

TMDB rating

5.8/10 from 13 votes