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Tongues Untied
Release Date: March 16, 1990
| Year | : | 1990 |
| Slogan | : | «Black Men Loving Black Men» |
| Genres | : | Documentary |
| Production Companies | : | Signifyin' Works |
| Director | : | Marlon Riggs |
| Producers | : | Marlon Riggs, Brian Freeman |
| Writers | : | Donald Woods, Marlon Riggs, Essex Hemphill, Steve Langley, Joseph Beam, Chris Harris, Reginald Jackson, Alan Miller |
| RunTime | : | 55 mins. |
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.
Main Actors
Marlon Riggs
Character : Self
Essex Hemphill
Character : Self - Poetry Performance
Brian Freeman
Character : Self
Michael Bell
Character : Self
Willi Ninja
Character : Self
Kerrigan Black
Character : Self
Blackberri
Character : Self
Djola Bernard Branner
Character : Self (as Bernard Branner)
Eddie Murphy
Character : (Archive footage
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