Black is-- black ain't [videorecording] : a personal journey through black identity / Independent Television Service ; Signifyin' Works ; produced and directed by Marlon T. Riggs.
Format:
[videorecording] :
Publisher:
California Newsreel,
Copyright Date:
c2004
Description:
1 videodisc (86 min.) : sd., col. with b&w sequences ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 facilitator's guide (6 p.)
Originally produced in 1995. Facilitator's guide includes bibliographical references. Commentary: Essex Hemphill, Bill T. Jones, Linda Tillery, Wayne T. Corbitt, Angela Davis, Bell Hooks, Eric Gupton, Marlon T. Riggs.
Summary:
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."
OCLC:
(OCoLC)56813035
Locations:
UQAX771 -- Des Moines Area Community College Library - Ankeny (Carroll)
PLAX964 -- Luther College - Preus Library (Decorah)
This resource is supported by the Institute of Museum and Library Services under the provisions of the Library Services and Technology Act as administered by State Library of Iowa.