Essex Hemphill

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Affirmations
6.9

Affirmations

Jun. 23, 1990

Affirmations

A look at what it’s like to be gay and black in America.
Anthem
6.2

Anthem

Jul. 21, 1993

Anthem

A collage of erotic images and a call to arms, with a feverish hip-hop energy that celebrates the lives of African American men.
Black Is… Black Ain’t
7.7

Black Is… Black Ain’t

African-American documentary filmmaker Marlon Riggs was working on this final film as he died from AIDS-related complications in 1994; he ...
Tongues Untied
7.1

Tongues Untied

Mar. 16, 1990

Tongues Untied

Marlon Riggs, with assistance from other gay Black men, especially poet Essex Hemphill, celebrates Black men loving Black men as a revolutionary ...