Tongues Untied
1990
star 6.6
Marlon Riggs, with assistance from other gay Black men, especially poet Essex Hemphill, celebrates Black men lo...
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Acting
Essex Hemphill
Essex Hemphill was an openly gay American poet and activist. He is known for his contributions to the Washington, D.C. art scene in the 1980s, and for openly discussing the topics pertinent to the African-American gay community.
Filmography
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Black Is… Black Ain’t
1995
star 5.8
African-American documentary filmmaker Marlon Riggs was working on this final film as he died from AIDS-related...
Anthem
1993
star 4.5
A collage of erotic images and a call to arms, with a feverish hip-hop energy that celebrates the lives of Afri...
Affirmations
1990
star 5.6
A look at what it's like to be gay and black in America.
Af-Fixing Ceremony: Four Movements for Essex, Movement I: Essex + Audre
2015
Between 2014 and 2017, McClodden revived the work of deceased Black queer artists who were active during the 19...
Essex Hemphill: From The Anacostia to the Potomac
Video performance of poetry by Essex Hemphill in performance with Larry Duckette, Brenda Files & Cordell Credle