Dokukino KIC / Thursday 18. 5. / 20.00

Tongues Untied

United States, 1989, 55 min
Director: Marlon Riggs – Writers: Marlon Riggs, Joseph Beam, Chris Harris, Essex Hemphill, Reginald Jackson, Steve Langley, Alan Miller, Donald Woods – Cinematography: Vivian Kleiman, Marlon Riggs – Editing: Marlon Riggs – Producer: Marlon Riggs, Brian Freeman – Cast: Marlon Riggs, Michael Bell, Kerrigan Black, Bernard Branner, Ben Callet, Gerald Davis, Kenneth R. Dixson

Tongues United gives voice to communities of Black gay men, presenting their cultures and perspectives on the world as they confront racism, homophobia, and marginalization.

* Quite possibly the most important moving image work devoted to the existence of Black gay men. Riggs’ masterpiece of a video essay caused an earthquake in US politics and society when it was broadcast on public television. It has lost not one iota of its defiant beauty and urgent poetic qualities. [GD]