Plot:

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.

Tags:

Actors - Crew

Marlon Riggs
Self

Essex Hemphill
Self - Poetry Performance

Brian Freeman
Self

Michael Bell
Self

Willi Ninja
Self

Kerrigan Black
Self

Marlon Riggs
Director

Vivian Kleiman
Director of Photography

Joseph Beam
Writer

Steve Langley
Original Music Composer

Reginald Jackson
Writer

Chris Harris
Writer

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