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Tongues Untied

Movie
1990
55m
English
Documentary
Marlon Riggs, with assistance from other gay Black men, especially poet Essex Hemphill, celebrates Black men loving Black men as a revolutionary act. The film intercuts footage of Hemphill reciting his poetry, Riggs telling the story of his growing up, scenes of men in social intercourse and dance, and various comic riffs, including a visit to the "Institute of Snap!thology," where men take lessons in how to snap their fingers: the sling snap, the point snap, the diva snap.
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Tongues Untied (1990) on IMDb
CRITIC SCORE
57

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Essex Hemphill
Self - Poetry Performance
Eddie Murphy
Self (archive footage)
Directed By: Marlon Riggs

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JC230 says...
2 years ago
This is not only a documentary, but poetry in motion. It’s raw, aching, vibrant emotion. It’s soul poured onto film. It doesn’t talk down or hold back, and in its short runtime it still encapsulates the gay black experience so searingly. Contextualizing the homophobia slung from all directions with the faces of the people who have to bear it, internalize it. But also looking at the light, the humor and wit, the creativity and community. Love is juxtaposed and interlinked with fear. It’s a moving and affecting art piece as much as it is an informative and essential snapshot of a time that still reverberates today. It’s simply phenomenal.
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