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Tongues Untied
1990, Mar 16
0h 55m
Marlon Riggs, with assistance from other gay Black men, especially poet Essex Hemphill, celebrates Black men loving Black men as a revolutionary act. The film intercuts footage of Hemphill reciting his poetry, Riggs telling the story of his growing up, scenes of men in social intercourse and dance, and various comic riffs, including a visit to the "Institute of Snap!thology," where men take lessons in how to snap their fingers: the sling snap, the point snap, the diva snap.
Directed by
Marlon Riggs
Written by
Essex Hemphill, Joseph Beam, Marlon Riggs, Donald Woods, Steve Langley, Alan Miller, Chris Harris, Reginald Jackson
Eddie Murphy
Self (archive footage)
Willi Ninja
Self
Michael Bell
Self
Blackberri
Self
Essex Hemphill
Self - Poetry Performance
Brian Freeman
Self
Kerrigan Black
Self
Djola Bernard Branner
Self
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