Black is-- black ain't : a personal journey through black identity / Independent Television Service ; Signifyin' Works ; produced and directed by Marlon T. Riggs.

American culture has stereotyped black Americans for centuries. Equally devastating, the late Marlon Riggs argued, have been the definitions of "blackness" African Americans impose upon one another which contain and reduce the black experience. In this film, Riggs meets a cross-section of African Am...

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Bibliographic Details
Corporate Authors: Independent Television Service
Signifyin' Works (Firm)
California Newsreel (Firm)
Other Authors: Riggs, Marlon T.
Atkinson, Nicole
Badgley, Christiane
Kleiman, Vivian
Hemphill, Essex
Jones, Bill T.
Tillery, Linda
Corbitt, Wayne T.
Davis, Angela Y. (Angela Yvonne), 1944-
hooks, bell, 1952-2021
Gupton, Eric
Language:English
Published: [Alexandria, Va.] : San Francisco, CA : Alexander Street Video ; California Newsreel, [2012], ©2012.
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Physical Description:1 streaming video file (approximately 88 min.) : digital, sound, color
Also issued on videocassette and DVD.
Variant Title:
Personal journey through black identity.
Format: Electronic Video DVD

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