The signifyin' works of Marlon Riggs /
Employing a mix of documentary, performance, poetry, and music in his work, the transformative filmmaker Marlon Riggs was an unapologetic gay Black man who defied a culture of silence and shame to speak his truth with resounding joy and conviction.
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| Format: | Video Blu-ray Disc |
| Language: | English |
| Language Notes: | English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing (SDH). |
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[New York] :
The Criterion Collection,
[2021]
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| Edition: | Blu-ray special edition. |
| Series: | Criterion collection ;
1082. |
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| Summary: | Employing a mix of documentary, performance, poetry, and music in his work, the transformative filmmaker Marlon Riggs was an unapologetic gay Black man who defied a culture of silence and shame to speak his truth with resounding joy and conviction. |
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| Item Description: | Title from container. Wide screen. Originally released as motion pictures in 1986-1995. Special features: four new programs featuring editor Christiane Badgley; performers, Brian Freeman, Reginald T. Jackon and Bill, T. Jones; filmmakers Cheryl Dunye and Rodney Evans; poet Jericho Brown; film and media scholar Racquel Gates; and sociologist Herman Gray; Long train running: the story of the Oakland blues, Rigg's graduate thesis film; introduction to Riggs, recorded in 2020 and featuring filmmakers Vivian Kleiman and Shikeith, and Ashley Clark, curatorial director of the Criterion Collection; I shall not be removed: the life of Marlon Riggs, a documentary by Karen Everett that features interviews with Riggs. |
| Physical Description: | 2 videodiscs (339 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet ( 43 pages : illustrations ; 17 cm). |
| Format: | Blu-ray; requires Blu-ray player. |
| ISBN: | 9781681438443 1681438445 |