Marlon RiggsSelfSavaraTV movie
Tongues Untied
Black Men Loving Black Men
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.
Documentary
Starring
Marlon Riggs, Essex Hemphill, Brian Freeman
Directed by
Marlon Riggs
About
Tongues Untied
Documentary
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.
Black Men Loving Black Men
Information
- Released
- Mar 16, 1990
- Runtime
- 55m
- Status
- Released
Language & origin
- Original audio
- English
- Country
- US
- Rating
- Not rated
- Directed by
- Marlon Riggs
Production
- Studio
- Signifyin' Works
Cast
People in this story
Marlon RiggsSelf
Essex HemphillSelf - Poetry Performance
Michael BellSelf
Willi NinjaSelf
BlackberriSelf
Eddie MurphySelf (archive footage)Metadata and artwork discovery powered by TMDB.