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1 videodisc (131 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. |
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Blu-ray |
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Documentary films lcgft |
| Series |
Criterion collection ; 1082.
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| Note |
Title from container. |
| System Details |
Blu-ray, region A; sterero; requires Blu-ray player. |
| Language |
Subtitled for the deaf and hard of hearing (SDH). |
| Performer |
Ethnic notions: Esther Rolle, Leni Sloan, Rene Collings, Derique McGee, Ernie Fosselius. |
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Tongues untied: Essex Hemphill, Michael Bell, Djola Bernard Branner, Ben Callet, Gerald Davis. |
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Affirmations: Reginald T. Jackson, Gay Men of African Descent, R. Battle, Blackberri. |
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Anthem: The Bella Boys, Djola Bernard Branner, Brian Freeman, Jesse Harris, David Barron Kirkland. |
| Summary |
Ethnic notions: Covering more than one hundred years of United States history, traces the evolution of Black American caricatures and their role in political and social conflicts concerning race. |
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Tongues untied: In an experimental amalgam of rap music, street poetry, documentary film, and dance, a gay African-American man expresses what it is like to be gay and black in the United States. Although he deals with social ostracism and fear of AIDS, he affirms the beauty and significance of the gay black man. |
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Affirmations: An exploration of Black gay male desires and dreams. Affirmations starts with an affectionate, humorous confessional and moves on to a wish for empowerment and incorporation. |
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Anthem: Riggs' experimental music video politicizes the homoeroticism of African-American men. With images, sexual and defiant, and words intended to provoke, [the tape] asserts our "self-vident right" to life and liberty in an era of pervasive anti-gay, anti-Black backlash and hysterical cultural repression. |
| Contents |
Ethnic notions (1986 : 58 min.) -- Tongues united (1989 : 55 mn.) --Affirmations (1990 : 10 min.) -- Anthem (1991 : 8 min). |
| Subject |
Riggs, Marlon T.
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African American gay men -- Race identity -- Videodiscs.
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Ethnic attitudes -- United States -- History -- Videodiscs.
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African Americans -- History -- Videodiscs.
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Homosexuality -- United States -- Videodiscs.
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| Genre |
Documentary films.
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Nonfiction films.
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Experimental films.
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Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
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Blu-ray discs.
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| Added Author |
Riggs, Marlon T., screenwriter, film producer, film director.
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Hemphill, Essex, onscreen participant.
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Rolle, Esther, onscreen participant.
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Jackson, Reginald T., onscreen participant.
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Bella Boys, on-screen participant.
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Criterion Collection (Firm), publisher.
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| Added Title |
Signifying works of Marlon Riggs |
| Music No. |
CC3262BD-1 The Criterion Collection |
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