Synopsis
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.
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Cast
- Marlon RiggsSelf
- Angela DavisSelf
- bell hooksSelf
- Essex HemphillSelf
- Cornel WestSelf
- Maulana KarengaSelf
- Barbara SmithSelf
- Michele WallaceSelf
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