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Tongues untied /

In an experimental amalgam of rap music, street poetry, documentary film, and dance, a gay African-American man expresses what it is like to be gay and black in the United States.

Bibliographic Details
Corporate Authors: Frameline (Firm), Strand Releasing (Firm)
Other Authors: Riggs, Marlon T., Hemphill, Essex
Format: Video DVD
Language:English
Language Notes:Closed-captioned.
Published: [San Francisco?] : Frameline ; [2008]
Subjects:
African American gay men > Social conditions.
African American gay men > Race identity.
Homophobia > United States.
Racism > United States.
Nonfiction films.
Documentary films.
Biographical films.
Experimental films.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
Description
Summary:In an experimental amalgam of rap music, street poetry, documentary film, and dance, a gay African-American man expresses what it is like to be gay and black in the United States.
Item Description:Originally produced in 1989.
Full screen presentation.
Bonus features: deleted scenes and outtakes; 1991 interview with the director; interviews with filmmaker Isaac Julien, AIDS activist Phill Wilson, spoken word artist Juba Kalamka and cultural critic Herman Gray.
Videorecording.
Physical Description:1 videodisc (55 min.) : sound, color with black and white sequences ; 4 3/4 in.
Format:DVD.
Awards:Berlin Film Festival Teddy Award for Best Documentary, 1990 and Los Angeles Film Critics Association Experimental/Independent Film/Video Award, 1990.
Production Credits:Photographer and editor, Marlon T. Riggs.