Black is-- black ain't

Duration: 88

Year Published: 1995

Creator: : A personal journey through black identity / Independent Television Service ; Signifyin' Works ; producer/director, Marlon T. Riggs ; co-producer, Nicole Atkinson ; co-director/editor, Christiane Badgley.

Format: 16mm

Color: Color & B&W

Sound: sound

Credits: Riggs, Marlon T.; Atkinson, Nicole.; Badgley, Christiane.; Paris, Bob.; Shepard, Robert.; Watkins, Mary.; Hemphill, Essex.; Duckette, Larry.; Jones, Wayson R.; Tillery, Linda.; Independent Television Service.; California Newsreel (Firm); Signifyin' Works (Firm)

Description: Pacific Film Archive collection; non-circulating. CBPF.; Co-editor, Bob Paris; director of photography, Robert Shepard; original music, Mary Watkins.; Performers: Essex Hemphill, Larry Duckette, Wayson R. Jones, Linda Tillery, Wayne T. Corbitt, Djola Bernard Branner, Eric Gupton, Angela Davis, Yvette Flunder, Marlon T. Riggs.; American culture has stereotyped black Americans for centuries. Equally devastating, the late Marlon Riggs argued, have been the definitions of "blackness" African Americans impose upon one another which contain and reduce the black experience. In this film, Riggs meets a cross- section of African Americans grappling with the paradox of numerous, often contradictory definitions of blackness.; PFA 1620-01-15356. D0174; PFA 1620-01-10718. D0394; PFA 1620-01-15356. CONDITION NOTE: Last inspected 2012/ 08/13; essentially new; light use.; PFA 1620-01-10718. CONDITION NOTE: Spot checked: 2002/08 /19; Vertical scratches, especially on right side of frame including optical soundtrack area; sound does not seem to be affected by scratches; color is good

Metadata Source:BERKELEY ART MUSEUM AND PACIFIC FILM ARCHIVE