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Black is... Black Ain't is a 1995 award-winning feature-length documentary by Marlon Riggs. It explores the multiplicity of expressions of African American identity.
Black Ain’t. An exacting documentary that captures the pulse of the explosive 90s-set conversation on diversity in Blackness and the effects patriarchal structures have on how we percieve the ties that bind.
Black is... Black Ain't es un documental dirigido por Marlon Riggs. Año: 1994. Título original: Black is... Black Ain't. Sinopsis:Puedes ver Black is... Black Ain't mediante en las plataformas:
Punctuated by footage of a dying Riggs directing his crew and delivering parting wisdom from his hospital bed, Black Is . . . Black Ain’t breaks down the divides of class, colorism, patriarchy, and homophobia as it issues a stirring appeal for unity.
Black Ain't: Directed by Marlon Riggs. With Angela Davis, Essex Hemphill, bell hooks, Bill T. Jones. A film about black experiences with a "backdrop of Creole cooking."
Black Ain't is an unabashedly frank and honest- and at times humorous- look at black identity in America.
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.
