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Shall Not Be Removed The Life of Marlon Riggs This loving film biography provides a fitting memorial to Marlon Riggs, the gifted, gay, black filmmaker who died from AIDS in 1994. It traces his development from a precocious childhood in the close-knit African American community of Fort Worth, Texas, through his political awakening at Harvard, to his final years as a courageous advocate for stigmatized people everywhere. Clips from all eight of Marlon's films show how he evolved a unique experimental documentary style, mixing poetry and criticism, the personal and the political. It recounts the
'Culture War' which erupted around his autobiographical Tongues Untied
and reached the Senate floor and nightly news, turning Marlon into an
articulate and courageous spokesman for free expression. It also documents
his long, harrowing battle against AIDS, sustained by his desire to
complete his legacy to the African American community, Black
Is...Black Ain't. Family, friends, students and co-workers discuss
Marlon's profound impact on their lives and work. As his U.C. Berkeley
colleague, Dr. Barbara Christian, observes: "Marlon opened a space in
which black people in America can be represented."
Other films by Marlon
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"A loving and
brilliant documentary biography...It sings in the face of rejection,
loss, racism, homophobia and AIDS." "Should inspire
viewers to seek out Marlon Riggs' work and share the vision of this
fierce and eloquent advocate for love and freedom."
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