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 ***ism 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.

Keywords: black-lgbt, african-american, black-intellectual,

Title: Black Is... Black Ain't
Imdb rate: 7.6
Imdb votes: 265
Year: 1994
Language: English
Genre: Documentary
Country: United States
Director: Marlon Riggs
Writers: N/A
Actors:
Angela Davis
Essex Hemphill
bell hooks

Awards: 2 wins & 1 nomination