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Released , 'Black Is… Black Ain’t' stars Marlon Riggs, Angela Davis, bell hooks, Essex Hemphill The movie has a runtime of about 1 hr 27 min, and received a user score of 61 (out of 100) on TMDb, which put together reviews from 10 knowledgeable users.

Curious to know what the movie's about? Here's the plot: "African-American documentary filmmaker Marlon Riggs was working on this final film as he died from AIDS-related complications in 1994; he addresses the camera from his hospital bed in several scenes. The film directly addresses sexism and homophobia within the black community, with snippets of misogynistic and anti-gay slurs from popular hip-hop songs juxtaposed with interviews with African-American intellectuals and political theorists, including Cornel West, bell hooks and Angela Davis."

'Black Is… Black Ain’t' is currently available to rent, purchase, or stream via subscription on Kanopy, and OVID .