Tongues Untied

Tongues Untied by Marlon Riggs

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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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Cast

Marlon Riggs

Marlon Riggs as Self

Essex Hemphill

Essex Hemphill as Self - Poetry Performance

Brian Freeman

Brian Freeman as Self

Michael Bell

Michael Bell as Self

Willi Ninja

Willi Ninja as Self

Kerrigan Black

Kerrigan Black as Self

Blackberri

Blackberri as Self

Djola Bernard Branner

Djola Bernard Branner as Self

Eddie Murphy

Eddie Murphy as Self (archive footage)

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