#1082c: RIGGS, Marlon: Affirmations (1990)
RIGGS, Marlon (United States)
A
The Booklet
Forty-eight page booklet featuring an essay by film critic K. Austin Collins.
Commentary
None.
Four programs
Featuring filmmaker and editor Christiane Badgley: performers Brian Freeman, Reginald T. Jackson, and Bill T. Jones: filmmakers Cheryl Dunye and Rodney Evans: poet Jericho Brown: film and media scholar Racquel Gates: and sociologist Herman Gray.
Excerpts
From a 1992 interview with director Riggs.
Brief introductions
By Riggs to Tongues United and Color Adjustment.
Long Train Running: The Story of the Oakland Blues (1981)
Riggs’s graduate thesis film.
Introduction
To Riggs from 2020 featuring filmmakers Vivian Kleiman and Shikeith, and Ashley Clark, curatorial director of the Criterion Collection.
I Shall Not Be Removed: The Life of Marlon Riggs (1996)
A documentary by Karen Everett.
Affirmations (1990)
Spine #1082c
Blu-ray
Blu-ray
Director/Writer
Marlon Riggs was 33 when he directed Affirmations.
Marlon Riggs expresses the hopes, dreams, and desires of gay Black men in this ode to queer African American empowerment. Built around outtakes of interview and protest footage from Tongues Untied, Affirmations begins as a candid, sex-positive confessional about first-time penetration and evolves into a rousing chorus of calls for freedom, recognition, and inclusion.
11 minutes
Color
Color
1:33:1 aspect ratio
Criterion Release 2021
The Film
A
Film Rating (0-60):
60
The ExtrasThe Booklet
Forty-eight page booklet featuring an essay by film critic K. Austin Collins.
Commentary
None.
Four programs
Featuring filmmaker and editor Christiane Badgley: performers Brian Freeman, Reginald T. Jackson, and Bill T. Jones: filmmakers Cheryl Dunye and Rodney Evans: poet Jericho Brown: film and media scholar Racquel Gates: and sociologist Herman Gray.
Excerpts
From a 1992 interview with director Riggs.
Brief introductions
By Riggs to Tongues United and Color Adjustment.
Long Train Running: The Story of the Oakland Blues (1981)
Riggs’s graduate thesis film.
Introduction
To Riggs from 2020 featuring filmmakers Vivian Kleiman and Shikeith, and Ashley Clark, curatorial director of the Criterion Collection.
I Shall Not Be Removed: The Life of Marlon Riggs (1996)
A documentary by Karen Everett.
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