I Shall Not Be Removed: The Life of Marlon Riggs
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Karen Everett
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Incorporating archival material, revelatory verite footage, and clips from his own work, a documentary which chronicles the life and works of the black, openly gay filmmaker Marlon Riggs whose controversial body works exploded on the scene with his landmark 1989 film "Tongues Untied" (USA). Riggs specialized in films dealing mainly with African-American males and the nuances of sexuality as it relates to their cultural, religious, and social identity. A teacher and prolific documentarian, the outspoken artist, Riggs, eventually succumbed to an AIDS-related illness in 1994.
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Karen Everett
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Shown at London Lesbian & Gay Film Festival March 13-27, 1997.
Shown at New York Lesbian & Gay Film Festival June 5-15, 1997.
Shown at Outfest '97: The Los Angeles Gay and Lesbian Film Festival July 11-20, 1997.
Shown at Philadelphia International Gay and Lesbian Film Festival July 11-21, 1996.
Shown at San Francisco International Lesbian & Gay Film Festival June 21-30, 1996.
Filmmaker Marlon T. Riggs died of AIDS on April 5, 1994 at the age of 37.
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