Tongues Untied (1989) Timeline Explained – Every Event in Order

Release, runtime and language

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.