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.
Cast
Crew
Marlon Riggs
Director, Producer
Christiane Badgley
Co-Director, Editor
Bob Paris
Co-Editor, Additional Photography
Sam Green
Assistant Editor
Jasmine Dellal
Assistant Editor, Associate Producer, Additional Photography
Tanya Phipps
Assistant Editor
Robert Shepard
Director of Photography
Nicole Atkinson
Co-Producer
Sekou Shepard
Sound Recordist
Mary Watkins
Music
Bill T. Jones
Choreographer
Emiko Omori
Additional Photography
Michael Chin
Additional Photography
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