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The signifyin' works of Marlon Riggs  Cover Image DVD DVD

The signifyin' works of Marlon Riggs

Riggs, Marlon T (director,, screenwriter,, film producer.). Collins, K. Austin, (writer of supplemental material.). Hemphill, Essex, (performer.). Jackson, Reginald, (performer.). Blackberri, (author,, performer.). Davis, Angela Y. (Angela Yvonne), 1944- (performer.). Freeman, Brian, 1955- (performer.). Brown, Jericho, (author,, performer.). Everett, Karen, 1961- (director of supplemental material.). Essex Hemphill, Reginald T. Jackson, Blackberri, Angela Davis (Cast).

Summary: 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.

Item details

  • ISBN: 1681438453
  • ISBN: 9781681438450
  • Physical Description: videodisc
    3 videodiscs (339 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.. + 1 booklet (43 pages : color illustrations ; 18 cm)
  • Edition: Three-DVD special edition.
  • Publisher: New York, NY : Criterion Collection, [2021]

Contents / Notes

General Note:
Originally released as motion pictures in 1986-1995.
Full screen 1.33:1.
Full program credits and essay by critic K. Austin Collins in container.
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.
Formatted Contents Note: Disc 1: Ethnic notions (1986) ; Tongues untied (1989) ; Affirmations (1990) ; Anthem (1991) -- Disc 2: Color adjustment (1992) ; Non, je ne regrette rien = No regret (1993) ; Black is... black ain't (1995) -- Disc 3 : Supplements.
Participant or Performer Note: Essex Hemphill, Reginald T. Jackson, Blackberri, Angela Davis
Target Audience Note:
MPAA rating: Not rated.
System Details Note:
DVD, color, 1.33:1 fullscreen, monaural/stereo Dolby audio, region 1.
Terms Governing Use and Reproduction Note:
For private home use only.
Subject: Riggs, Marlon T
Gay men United States Biography
AIDS (Disease) Patients United States Biography
African Americans Race identity
Homosexuality United States
Genre: Biographical films.
Documentary films.
Feature films.
Short films.
Nonfiction films.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.

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  • 6 out of 6 copies are currently available at Athens Regional Library System.

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