Tongues Untied

Tongues Untied

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  • Genre(s): Documentary
  • Language(s): English
  • Director(s): Marlon Riggs
  • Cast(s): Marlon Riggs, Essex Hemphill, Michael Bell, Willi Ninja, Kerrigan Black Black See all Cast & Crew
  • Duration: 55min
  • Music: Steve Langley,Alex Langford
  • Award(s): National Film Registry 2022 (Won) Awards List
  • Similar To: A Gorilla Story: Told by David Attenborough, The Perfect Neighbor
  • Story:
    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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STORY

Story
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.

AWARDS

Won
National Film Registry Award

National Film Preservation Board | 2022

Cinema Eye Honors Award

The Influentials | 2016 | Marlon

Teddy Award

Best Documentary Film | 1990 | Marlon

Audience Award

Best Video | 1990 | Marlon

TRIVIA AND POPULAR DIALOGUES

Trivia

Included among the "1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die", edited by Steven Schneider.

This film is included in "The Signifyin' Works of Marlon Riggs", released by Criterion, spine #1,082.

This film has a 100% rating based on 10 critic reviews on Rotten Tomatoes.

In 2022, the film was selected for preservation in the National Film Registry by the Library of Congress as being "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant".

As at October 2020, streaming on The Criterion Channel as part of "Race, Sex & Cinema: The World of Marlon Riggs", a retrospective featuring eight of Marlon Riggs's features and short films and a collection of related short films.

Popular Dialogues

"Marlon Riggs: B.G.A. Black Gay Activist. 30-ish, well-read, sensitive, pro-feminist, seeks same for envelope licking, flyer distribution, banner assembly, demonstration companion, dialogical theorizing, good times and hot safe sex. I do not want to wed the movement, do you? End the silence, baby. We could make a serious revolution together."