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.
Marlon Riggs
as Self
Angela Davis
as Self
bell hooks
as Self
Essex Hemphill
as Self
Cornel West
as Self
Maulana Karenga
as Self
Barbara Smith
as Self
Michele Wallace
as Self
