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Tongues Untied
Tongues Untied

Tongues Untied

Documentary
1990, US
55m

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Eddie Murphy

Eddie Murphy

Michael Bell

Michael Bell

Willi Ninja

Willi Ninja

Marlon Riggs

Marlon Riggs

Essex Hemphill

Essex Hemphill

Brian Freeman

Brian Freeman

Kerrigan Black

Kerrigan Black

Blackberri

Blackberri

Djola Bernard Branner

Djola Bernard Branner

Marlon Riggs

Marlon Riggs

Tagline

Black Men Loving Black Men

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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.

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