Black is ... black ain't

Summary: American culture has stereotyped black Americans for centuries. Equally devastating, the late Marlon Riggs argued, have been the definition of "blackness" African Americans impose upon one another which contain and reduce the black experience. In this film, Riggs meets a cross-section of African Americans grappling with the paradox of numerous, often contradictory definitions of blackness...

Record details

Physical Description: videorecording
videodisc
1 videodisc (86 min.) : sd., col. with b&w sequences ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 facilitator's guide (6 p.)
Publisher: San Francisco, CA : California Newsreel, 2004.

Content descriptions

General Note:	Originally produced in 1995. Facilitator's guide includes bibliographical references.
Creation/Production Credits Note:	Independent Television Service ; Signifyin' Works ; producer/director, Marion Riggs ; co-producer, Nicole Atkinson ; co-director, Christine Badgley.
Participant or Performer Note:	Commentary: Essex Hemphill, Bill T. Jones, LInda Tillery, Wayne T. Corbitt, Angela Davis, Bell Hooks, Eric Grupton, Marlon T. Riggs.
System Details Note:	DVD.
Terms Governing Use and Reproduction Note:	Licensed for: home, classroom, library, ILL.