Tongues Untied

Tongues Untied

Marlon Riggs, with assistance from other gay Black men, especially poet Essex Hemphill, celebrates Black men loving Black men as a revolutionary...

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Color Adjustment

Color Adjustment

From Amos 'n' Andy to Nat King Cole, from Roots to The Cosby Show, black people have played many roles on primetime television. Brilliantly weaving...

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Ethnic Notions

Ethnic Notions

This documentary traces the deep-rooted stereotypes which have fueled anti-black prejudice.

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Black Is… Black Ain’t

Black Is… Black Ain’t

African-American documentary filmmaker Marlon Riggs was working on this final film as he died from AIDS-related complications in 1994; he addresses...

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Anthem

Anthem

A collage of erotic images and a call to arms, with a feverish hip-hop energy that celebrates the lives of African American men.

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No Regret

No Regret

Five gay Black men who are HIV-positive discuss how they are battling the double stigmas surrounding their infection and homosexuality.

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Affirmations

Affirmations

A look at what it's like to be gay and black in America.

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Long Train Running: A History of the Oakland Blues

Long Train Running: A History of the Oakland Blues

Marlon Riggs and Peter Webster’s thesis project reflects on the heyday of Oakland blues in the late 1940s and ’50s, when an influx of African...

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How Much Is Enough? Decision Making in the Nuclear Age

How Much Is Enough? Decision Making in the Nuclear Age

An examination of atomic weapons systems and the pressures on the United States and the Soviet Union to constantly expand their atomic arsenals.

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