Tongues Untied
Strand Releasing (1990)
Documentary, Queer Themes/Interest
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IMDB   6.9
55 mins USA / English
DVD  Region 1
Brian Freeman
Essex Hemphill
Marlon Riggs
Michael Bell
Kerrigan Black
Bernard Branner
Ben Callet
Gerald Davis
Kenneth R. Dixson
Larry Duckette
Gideon Ferebee
Gene Garth
A.J. Honey
Paul Horrey
Blackberri
Djola Bernard Branner
David Hunter
Wayson Jones
David Barron Kirkland
Richard Medford
Cornelius Moore
Bryant Navy
Willi Ninja
Michael Otis
Christopher Prince
Timothy Riena
Director/Choreographer
Marlon Riggs
Producer Brian Freeman
Writer/Composer Joseph Beam
Chris Harris
Reginald Jackson
Steve Langley
Cinematography Vivian Kleiman
Marlon Riggs

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.
Edition Details
No. of Discs/Tapes 1
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Tags HIV/AIDS, heritage
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