The signifyin' works of Marlon Riggs
(DVD) 

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Contributors
Blackberri, author,
Brown, Jericho, author,
Davis, Angela Y. 1944- performer.
Everett, Karen, 1961- director of supplemental material.
Freeman, Brian, 1955- performer.
Published
New York, NY : Criterion Collection, [2021].
Status
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Subjects

LC Subjects
African Americans -- Race identity.
AIDS (Disease) -- Patients -- United States -- Biography.
Biographical films.
Documentary films.
Experimental films.
Feature films.
Gay men -- United States -- Biography.
Homosexuality -- United States.
Nonfiction films.
Riggs, Marlon T.
Short films.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
Other Subjects
DVD videodisc.

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Published
New York, NY : Criterion Collection, [2021].
Format
DVD
Physical Desc
3 videodiscs (337 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.. + 1 booklet (43 pages : color illustrations ; 18 cm)
Language
English
UPC
715515260213, 00715515260213

Notes

General Note
Features: four new programs featuring editor Christiane Badgley; performers Brian Freeman, Reginald T. Jackon, 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 Marlon Riggs; brief inroductions by Riggs to Tongues untied and Color adjustment; "Long train running : the story of the Oakland blues", Riggs' University of California, Berkeley graduate thesis film; "I shall not be removed : the life of Marlon Riggs", a documentary by Karen Everett that features interviews with Riggs; Kleiman; filmmaker Isaac Julien; African American studies scholar Barbara Christian; several of Riggs's longtime friends and collaborators; and members of his family.
General Note
Full program credits and essay by critic K. Austin Collins in container.
General Note
Full screen 1.33:1.
General Note
Originally released as motion pictures in 1986-1995.
Creation/Production Credits
Editors, Deborah Hoffmann, Christiane Badgley.
Participants/Performers
Essex Hemphill, Reginald T. Jackson, Blackberri, Angela Davis, Brian Freeman, Jericho Brown.
Description
A collection of documentary films directed by Marlon Riggs which discuss the experiences of black homosexual men living in the United States in the late twentieth century.
Target Audience
Not rated.
System Details
DVD, NTSC; region 1, 1.33:1 aspect ratio, Dolby monaural and stereo.
Terms Governing Use and Reproduction
For private home use only.
Language
In English.

Citations

APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)

Blackberri., Brown, J., Davis, A. Y. 1., Everett, K., Freeman, B., Hemphill, E., Jackson, R., & Riggs, M. T. (2021). The signifyin' works of Marlon Riggs (Three-DVD special edition.). Criterion Collection.

Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

Blackberri et al.. 2021. The Signifyin' Works of Marlon Riggs. Criterion Collection.

Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

Blackberri et al.. The Signifyin' Works of Marlon Riggs Criterion Collection, 2021.

MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)

Blackberri,, et al. The Signifyin' Works of Marlon Riggs Three-DVD special edition., Criterion Collection, 2021.

Note! Citations contain only title, author, edition, publisher, and year published. Citations should be used as a guideline and should be double checked for accuracy. Citation formats are based on standards as of August 2021.

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