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Black Ain’t, the deeply personal swan song that was completed after his death at the age of thirty-seven—The Signifyin’ Works of Marlon Riggs traces the artistic and political evolution of a transformative filmmaker whose work is both an electrifying call for liberation and an invaluable historical document.
- The Signifyin’ Works of Marlon Riggs - The Criterion Collection
Jun 22, 2021. A pioneering video essayist, nonfiction...
- The Signifyin’ Works of Marlon Riggs - The Criterion Collection
Jul 30, 2021 · The Signifyin’ Works of Marlon Riggs, 2021, box set cover. Courtesy: Criterion Collection. The initial plan was for Riggs to make a short film based on some poems by Black gay men he had recently met and become friends with, such as Joseph Beam and Essex Hemphill. After beginning the film, however, Riggs fell incredibly sick.
Jun 21, 2021 · Black Ain’t, his deeply personal career summation—The Signifyin’ Works of Marlon Riggs traces the artistic and political evolution of a transformative filmmaker whose work is both an electrifying call for liberation and an invaluable historical document.
Jun 22, 2021 · Jun 22, 2021. A pioneering video essayist, nonfiction filmmaker, multidisciplinary performer, teacher, and public speaker; a self-described, certified SNAP! queen and signifying oracle, Marlon Riggs was a man of his times, in the most extraordinary sense of that valuation.
Jun 22, 2021 · Black Ain’t, his deeply personal career summation—The Signifyin’ Works of Marlon Riggs traces the artistic and political evolution of a transformative filmmaker whose work is both an electrifying call for liberation and an invaluable historical document.
Aug 17, 2021 · It's a completely masterful work, a work of avant-garde brilliance whose prismatic lens lends its subject a breathtaking scope. GRADE - ★★★★ (out of four) SPECIAL FEATURES: New high-definition digital masters of all seven films, with uncompressed monaural or stereo soundtracks on the Blu-rays
Black Ain’t, his deeply personal career summation—The Signifyin’ Works of Marlon Riggs traces the artistic and political evolution of a transformative filmmaker whose work is both an electrifying call for liberation and an invaluable historical document.
