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Black Is... Black Ain't

Country: USA, Language: English, 87 mins

  • Director: Marlon Riggs

CGiii Comment

The final film by Marlon Riggs...

It is a truly moving film - Riggs speaks from his hospital bed about his life and the legacy he will leave behind.

Unfortunately, there are too many distractions...the dancers are inconsequential, the performance artists are ill-placed in this final testimony.

It's not as powerful as it could have been...but then someone else took over the reins...possibly, not the film that Riggs intended it to be.

Still...immensely moving.


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The(ir) Blurb...

A film about black experiences with a "backdrop of Creole cooking."

Cast & Characters

Angela Davis as Herself;
Essex Hemphill as Himself;
Bell Hooks as Herself;
Bill T. Jones as Himself;
B. Smith as Herself;
Michele Wallace as Herself;
Cornel West as Himself