Essex Hemphill Movies

  • 1990
    Tongues Untied

    Tongues Untied

    Tongues Untied

    6.71990HD

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

    Tongues Untied
  • 1994
    Black Is… Black Ain’t

    Black Is… Black Ain’t

    Black Is… Black Ain’t

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

    Black Is… Black Ain’t
  • 1990
    Affirmations

    Affirmations

    Affirmations

    5.61990HD

    A look at what it's like to be gay and black in America.

    Affirmations
  • 1993
    Anthem

    Anthem

    Anthem

    4.41993HD

    A collage of erotic images and a call to arms, with a feverish hip-hop energy that celebrates the lives of African American men.

    Anthem
  • 2015
    Af-Fixing Ceremony: Four Movements for Essex, Movement I: Essex + Audre

    Af-Fixing Ceremony: Four Movements for Essex, Movement I: Essex + Audre

    Af-Fixing Ceremony: Four Movements for Essex, Movement I: Essex + Audre

    02015HD

    Between 2014 and 2017, McClodden revived the work of deceased Black queer artists who were active during the 1980s AIDS epidemic, including the poet...

    Af-Fixing Ceremony: Four Movements for Essex, Movement I: Essex + Audre
  • 1970
    Essex Hemphill: From The Anacostia to the Potomac

    Essex Hemphill: From The Anacostia to the Potomac

    Essex Hemphill: From The Anacostia to the Potomac

    01970HD

    Video performance of poetry by Essex Hemphill in performance with Larry Duckette, Brenda Files & Cordell Credle

    Essex Hemphill: From The Anacostia to the Potomac