Signifyin' Works of Marlon Riggs, The (The Criterion Collection) (DVD, Region 1)

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Signifyin' Works of Marlon Riggs, The (The Criterion Collection)

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Synopsis: There has never been a filmmaker like Marlon Riggs (1957-1994): an unapologetic gay Black man who defied a culture of silence and shame to speak his truth with resounding joy and conviction. An early adopter of video technology who had a profound understanding of the power of words and images to effect change, Riggs employed a bold mix of documentary, performance, poetry, music, and experimental techniques in order to confront issues that most of Reagan-era America refused to acknowledge, from the devastating legacy of racist stereotypes to the impact of the AIDS crisis on his own queer African American community to the very definition of what it is to be Black.

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Directed By:	Marlon Riggs	Recommended Retail Price: $USD27.99
Cast:	Angela Davis Bill T. Jones Marlon Riggs
Genre:	Documentary
Running Time:	339 minutes
Year of Production:	2021
Disc Release Date:	June 22, 2021

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Four new programs featuring 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
Long Train Running: The Story of the Oakland Blues (1981), Riggss graduate thesis film
Introduction to Riggs, recorded in 2020 and 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 that features -interviews with Riggs; Kleiman; filmmaker Isaac Julien; African American studies scholar Barbara Christian; several of Riggss longtime friends and collab
An essay by film critic K. Austin Collins

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2:	Single Sided, Single Layer
3:	Single Sided, Single Layer

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