Now, before we get into the core information of how you can watch 'Black Is… Black Ain’t' right now, here are some important points about the Signifyin' Works documentary flick. Black Is… Black Ain’t starring Marlon Riggs, Angela Davis, bell hooks, Essex Hemphill has a Not Rated rating, a runtime of about 1 hr 27 min. The release date of the movie is October 11th, 1995. The movie received a user score of 61/100 on TMDb, which comes from reviews from 10 active users.
Need a fast recap before watching? Here's the plot: "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."
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'Black Is… Black Ain’t' Release Dates
Watch in Movie Theaters on October 11th, 1995
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January 27th, 2009
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