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Black is-- black ain't, Independent Television Service ; Signifyin' Works ; produced and directed by Marlon T. Riggs

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Black is-- black ain't

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Independent Television Service ; Signifyin' Works ; produced and directed by Marlon T. Riggs

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American culture has stereotyped black Americans for centuries. Equally devastating, the late Marlon Riggs argued, have been the definitions of "blackness" African Americans impose upon one another which contain and reduce the black experience. In this film, Riggs meets a cross-section of African Americans grappling with the paradox of numerous, often contradictory definitions of blackness. He shows many who have felt uncomfortable and even silenced within the race because their complexion, class, sexuality, gender or speech has rendered them "not black enough," or conversely, "too black."

adult

live action