Tongues Untied (1989)

Cast

Complete credited cast:
	Marlon Riggs
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
	Michael Bell
	Kerrigan Black
	Blackberri
	Bernard Branner
	Ben Callet
	Gerald Davis
	Kenneth R. Dixson
	Larry Duckette
	Gideon Ferebee
	Brian Freeman
	Gene Garth
	Essex Hemphill
	A.J. Honey
	Paul Horrey

Storyline

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. The film closes with obituaries for victims of AIDS and archival footage of the civil rights movement placed next to footage of Black men marching in a gay pride parade. Written by <jhailey@hotmail.com>  

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