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Tongues Untied(1990)
Status: Released
Date: 1990-03-16
67%
55 Votes
Time: 0h 55m
Black Men Loving Black Men
Overview:
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.
Languages: English.
Countries:
United States of America
ProductionCompanies:
Signifyin' Works
Movie: Tongues Untied
Top 9 Billed Cast
Marlon Riggs
Self
Essex Hemphill
Self - Poetry Performance
Michael Bell
Self
Blackberri
Self
Eddie Murphy
Self (archive footage)
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