Tongues Untied

Year: 1989

Runtime: 55 mins

Language: English

Documentary

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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