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.

Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Christian, Barbara, 1943-2000 (onscreen participant.), Davis, Angela Y. (Angela Yvonne), 1944- (onscreen participant.), Gates, Henry Louis, Jr (onscreen participant.), Hemphill, Essex (onscreen participant.)
Format: Video Blu-ray Disc
Language:English
Language Notes:English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing (SDH).
Published: [New York] : The Criterion Collection, [2021]
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.
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