Tongues Untied + Fluid Bound
- Tue, Feb 18
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Director: Marlon Riggs Run Time: 55 min. Format: Digital Release Year: 1990
Starring: Brian Freeman, Essex Hemphill, Marlon Riggs, Michael Bell, Willi Ninja
The seminal documentary on Black gay life, Emmy Award-winning director Marlon T. Riggs’ 1989 Tongues Untied uses poetry, personal testimony, rap, and performance (featuring poet Essex Hemphill and others), to describe the homophobia and racism that confront Black gay men.
The stories are fierce examples of homophobia and racism: the man refused entry to a gay bar because of his color; the college student left bleeding on the sidewalk after a gay-bashing; the loneliness and isolation of the drag queen. Yet they also affirm the Black gay male experience: protest marches, smoky bars, “snap diva,” humorous “musicology,” and Vogue dancers.
A quarter of a century after its release, director Marlon T. Riggs’ documentary, winner of the Los Angeles Film Critics Award, and Best Documentary prize at the Berlin Film Festival, is as relevant as ever.
Fluid Bound (2020, 7 minutes, digital)
Director: Roberto Fatal
An experimental Two Spirit, Mestizo meditation on the complex, generations old relationships and battles between our skin and our souls.
Accessibility Options: Amplified Audio, please see the box office for devices.