Tongues Untied
1989 · Movie · 55 min · ★ 6.6 · 57% critics
This documentary celebrates Black men loving Black men while exploring identity, community, and the pressures of racism and homophobia. Blending personal reflection, poetry, dance, humor, and scenes of everyday connection, it creates a passionate, intimate portrait of voices rarely centered on screen.
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Details
- Years
- 1989
- Release date
- 1990-03-16
- Language
- English
- Runtime
- 55 min
- Critic score
- 57/100
- TMDB rating
- 6.6/10 (61 votes)
About
You may like this if you’re open to intimate, politically charged documentaries shaped by poetry and personal testimony, especially if titles like Word Is Out appeal to you; Not for you if you want a straightforward, interview-led documentary.
Pros: powerful perspective; poetic and emotional; affirming sense of community | Cons: uneasy subject matter; pacing can drag; occasionally feels heavy-handed
Themes
- lgbt
- black lgbt
- african american man
Cast & crew
Marlon Riggs
as Self
Essex Hemphill
as Self - Poetry Performance
- BF
Brian Freeman
as Self
Michael Bell
as Self
Willi Ninja
as Self
- KB
Kerrigan Black
as Self
Blackberri
as Self
- DB
Djola Bernard Branner
as Self
Eddie Murphy
as Self (archive footage)
Directed by Marlon Riggs