In the Divine Memory of Marlon Riggs

ed. by Maria Guggenbichler, Hodan Warsame

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Editor(s)

Maria Guggenbichler, Hodan Warsame

Scope

brochure Pages, 29.5 cm.

Carrier

brochure

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Brochure, containing articles on Riggs and on being a black queer artist. Marlon Troy Riggs (February 3, 1957 – April 5, 1994) was an African-American gay filmmaker, educator, poet, and activist. He produced, wrote, and directed several documentary films, including Ethnic Notions, Tongues Untied, Color Adjustment, and Black Is...Black Ain't. His films examine past and present representations of race and sexuality in the United States.

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Person as subject

Marlon Riggs

Keywords

black movement , queerness

Location

Cabinet 29 - 4: Expanded Space ; Global Art ; zwarte kunst en cultuur