Released:
1995-10-11

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.

Director:
Marlon Riggs

Runtime:
1h 27min

Genre:
Documentary

• Cast:
• 
  Marlon Riggs
  as
  Self
• 
  Angela Davis
  as
  Self
• 
  bell hooks
  as
  Self
• 
  Essex Hemphill
  as
  Self
• 
  Cornel West
  as
  Self