Tongues untied / producer, director, Marlon T. Riggs.

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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.

Bibliographic Details
Uniform Title:Rovi Media Collection. Movies.
Corporate Authors: Frameline (Firm)
Strand Releasing (Firm)
Other Authors: Riggs, Marlon T. (Producer, Director)
Julien, Isaac (Interviewee)
Wilson, Phill (Interviewee)
Kalamka, Juba (Interviewee)
Gray, Herman, 1950- (Interviewee)
Hemphill, Essex (Performer)
Language:English
Language and/or Writing System:
Closed-captioned.
Published: [San Francisco?] : [Culver City, Calif.?] : Frameline ; Distributed by Strand Releasing, [2008], ©2006.
Edition:Full screen.
Series:Rovi Media Collection. Movies.
Subjects:
African American gay men > Social conditions.
African American gay men > Race identity.
Homophobia > United States.
Racism > United States.
Documentary films.
Biographical films.
Experimental films.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
Genre:
Documentary films.
Biographical films.
Experimental films.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
Physical Description:1 DVD (55 min.) : sound, color with black and white sequences ; 4 3/4 in.
Format: Video DVD
Description
Summary:
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.
Note:Originally produced as a motion picture in 1989.
Bonus features: deleted scenes and outtakes; 1991 interview with the director; interviews with filmmaker Isaac Julien, AIDS activist Phill Wilson, spoken word artist Juba Kalamka and cultural critic Herman Gray.
Videorecording.
Call Number:CS8 D0096803 VideoDVD
E185.625 .T66 2008 VideoDVD
Awards:Berlin Film Festival Teddy Award for Best Documentary, 1990 and Los Angeles Film Critics Association Experimental/Independent Film/Video Award, 1990.
Credits:Photographer and editor, Marlon T. Riggs.
System Details:DVD ; NTSC, region 1.
Participant or Performer:
Poetry performance, Essex Hemphill.