
Tongues Untied
Documentary
Lenguage:55 min
Duration:en
Release date:Mar 16, 1990
Calificacion:6.7
Description:
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.
Cast

Essex HemphillSelf - Poetry Performance
Brian FreemanSelf

Michael BellSelf
Willi NinjaSelf
Kerrigan BlackSelf

BlackberriSelf
Djola Bernard BrannerSelf

Eddie MurphySelf (archive footage)