Tongues Untied(1990)
3/16/1990Released
7/1/1989Premiere
Outfest Los Angeles
3/16/1990Theatrical (limited)
San Francisco, California
6/1/1990Theatrical (limited)
San Francisco International Lesbian and Gay Film Festival
11/6/1990Theatrical (limited)
Princeton Queer Articulations Gay and Lesbian Film Festival
7/16/1991TV
PBS
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.
"Black Men Loving Black Men"
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OriginUnited States of America
Languagesen
CompaniesSignifyin' Works