A collection of documentary films directed by Marlon Riggs which discuss the experiences of black homosexual men living in the United States in the late twentieth century.
3 videodiscs (339 minutes) : sound, colour ; 4 3/4 inches polychrome digital optical surround Dolby Digital 2.0 Dolby Digital 1.0 full screen NTSC video file DVD video region 1
Target Audience Note:
E Canadian Home Video Rating: Not rated
Other Title:
Signifying works of Marlon Riggs container of (work): Affirmations (Motion picture : 1990) [DVD] container of (work): Anthem (Motion picture : 1991) [DVD] container of (work): Black is, Black ain't (Motion picture) [DVD] container of (work): Color adjustment (Motion picture) [DVD] container of (work): Ethnic notions (Motion picture) [DVD] container of (work): I shall not be removed (Motion picture) [DVD] container of (work): Long train running (Motion picture) [DVD] container of (work): Non, je ne regrette rien (Motion picture) [DVD] container of (work): Tongues untied (Motion picture) [DVD]
Notes:
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; excerpts from a 1992 interview with director Marlon Riggs; brief inroductions by Riggs to Tongues untied and Color adjustment; "Long train running : the story of the Oakland blues", Riggs' University of California, Berkeley graduate thesis film; "I shall not be removed : the life of Marlon Riggs", a documentary by Karen Everett that features interviews with Riggs; Kleiman; filmmaker Isaac Julien; African American studies scholar Barbara Christian; several of Riggs's longtime friends and collaborators; and members of his family Full program credits and essay by critic K. Austin Collins in container Originally released as motion pictures in 1986-1995 Title from container Essex Hemphill, Reginald T. Jackson, Blackberri, Angela Davis DVD ; full screen presentation ; Dolby Digital 2.0, Dolby Digital 1.0 For private home use only Subtitled for the deaf and hard-of-hearing (SDH) Audio tracks in English, captions in English
Contents:
Disc 1. Ethnic notions (1986) Tongues untied (1989) Affirmations (1990) Anthem (1991) (DVD) Disc 2. Color adjustment (1992) Non, je ne regrette rien = No regret (1993) Black is ... black ain't (1995) (DVD) Disc 3. Bonus disc (DVD)
