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Tongues Untied (1989) Plot Summary Explained
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- 1989 · 55 mins · English
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- Starring
- Eddie Murphy, Willi Ninja, Michael Bell, Brian Freeman, Essex Hemphill, Blackberri
Directed by Marlon Riggs with help from gay Black men, especially poet Essex Hemphill, the film frames Black men loving Black men as a revolutionary act. It blends Hemphill’s poetry, Riggs’s personal narration, social and dance scenes, and comic bits like a visit to the “Institute of Snap!thology,” where men learn the sling, point and diva snaps.
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