Tongues Untied

Plot

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, ... read more

  • Marlon Riggs

    Director

  • Joseph Beam

    Writer

  • Chris Harris

    Writer

  • Reginald Jackson

    Writer

  • Steve Langley

    Writer

  • Alan Miller

    Writer

  • Donald Woods

    Writer

  • Essex Hemphill

    Writer

  • Marlon Riggs

    Writer

  • Vivian Kleiman

    Director of Photography

  • Marlon Riggs

    Director of Photography

  • Marlon Riggs

    Editor

  • Marlon Riggs

    Self

  • Essex Hemphill

    Self - Poetry Performance

  • Brian Freeman

    Self

  • Michael Bell

    Self

  • Willi Ninja

    Self

  • Kerrigan Black

    Self

  • Blackberri

    Self

  • Djola Bernard Branner

    Self

  • Eddie Murphy

    Self (archive footage)

  • Runtime

    55 minutes

    Released

    1990-03-16

    Languages

    English

    Countries

    United States of America

    Studios

    Signifyin' Works

    Sound

  • Alex Langford

    Original Music Composer

  • Steve Langley

    Original Music Composer

  • Marlon Riggs

    Original Music Composer

  • Updated

    24 days ago

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