Tongues Untied
Brief Synopsis
Cast & Crew
Marlon T Riggs
Brian Freeman
David Hunter
Bill Tennell
Paul Horrey
Wayson Jones
Film Details
Technical Specs
Synopsis
An account of the struggle to come to terms with being a gay Black male in contemporary America.
Director
Marlon T Riggs
Cast
Brian Freeman
David Hunter
Bill Tennell
Paul Horrey
Wayson Jones
Larry Duckette
Bernard Branner
Gerald Davis
Gideon Ferebee
Kerrigan Black
Christopher Prince
Gene Garth
Arvid Williams
David Barron Kirkland
Kenneth R Dixson
Essex Hemphill
Crew
Joseph Beam
Kerrigan Black
Bernard Branner
Gerald Davis
Kenneth R Dixson
Larry Duckette
Gideon Ferebee
Brian Freeman
Brian Freeman
Gene Garth
Craig Harris
Essex Hemphill
Paul Horrey
David Hunter
Reginald Jackson
Wayson Jones
David Barron Kirkland
Alex Langford
Steve Langley
Steve Langley
Alan Miller
Christopher Prince
Marlon T Riggs
Marlon T Riggs
Marlon T Riggs
Marlon T Riggs
Marlon T Riggs
Marlon T Riggs
Colin Robinson
Ron Simmons
Bill Tennell
Arvid Williams
Donald Woods
Donald Woods
Film Details
Technical Specs
Quotes
Trivia
Miscellaneous Notes
Named best Independent/Experimental film of 1990 by the Los Angeles Film Critics Association.
Released in United States 1991
Released in United States 1994
Released in United States December 1994
Released in United States Fall September 20, 1991
Released in United States February 1990
Released in United States February 5, 1991
Released in United States July 1989
Released in United States July 1990
Released in United States July 1994
Released in United States June 1, 1990
Released in United States June 1994
Released in United States June 1999
Released in United States May 18, 1991
Released in United States May 1991
Released in United States May 1994
Released in United States November 1990
Released in United States September 1, 1993
Released in United States September 14, 1990
Shown at 1991 Biennial Exhibition at the Whitney Museum of American Art in New York City May 9-10, 1991.
Shown at American Museum of the Moving Image May 18, 1991.
Shown at Berlin Film Festival (Panorama: Kurzfilm) February 9-20, 1990.
Shown at London Film Festival November 8-25, 1990.
Shown at Los Angeles Festival September 1, 1993.
Shown at Los Angeles International Gay & Lesbian Film & Video Festival (The Fierceness of Being: A Tribute to Marlon Riggs) July 7-17, 1994.
Released in United States 1994 (Shown in New York City (MOMA) as part of program "Gays and Film: Get Reel" June 17 - July 12, 1994.)
Released in United States February 1990 (Shown at Berlin Film Festival (Panorama: Kurzfilm) February 9-20, 1990.)
Poet and performance artist Essex Hemphill died of AIDS on November 4, 1995 at the age of 38.
Released in United States 1991 (Shown in New York City (MOMA) in observance of the nationwide "A Day Without Art" November 22 - December 3, 1991.)
Released in United States February 5, 1991 (Shown at The New Festival's Downtown Winter Series in NYC February 5, 1991.)
Released in United States May 1991 (Shown at 1991 Biennial Exhibition at the Whitney Museum of American Art in New York City May 9-10, 1991.)
Released in United States May 1994 (Shown at New York Lesbian & Gay Film Festival (Marlon Riggs Retrospective) May 12-22, 1994.)
Released in United States May 18, 1991 (Shown at American Museum of the Moving Image May 18, 1991.)
Released in United States June 1994 (Shown in New York City (Anthology Film Archives) as part of program "25 Years of Exposure" June 17-23, 1994.)
Released in United States June 1999 (Shown at San Francisco International Lesbian & Gay Film Festival June 17-27, 1999.)
Released in United States June 1, 1990 (Shown at New York International Festival of Lesbian and Gay Film, New York City June 1, 1990.)
Released in United States July 1989 (Shown at Los Angeles International Gay and Lesbian Film and Video Festival July 1989.)
Released in United States July 1990 (Shown at Los Angeles International Gay and Lesbian Film and Video Festival July 6-12, 1990.)
Released in United States July 1994 (Shown at Los Angeles International Gay & Lesbian Film & Video Festival (The Fierceness of Being: A Tribute to Marlon Riggs) July 7-17, 1994.)
Released in United States September 1, 1993 (Shown at Los Angeles Festival September 1, 1993.)
Released in United States September 14, 1990 (Shown at New York Lesbian and Gay Experimental Film Festival New York City September 14, 1990.)
Released in United States Fall September 20, 1991
Released in United States November 1990 (Shown at London Film Festival November 8-25, 1990.)
Released in United States December 1994 (Shown in New York City (MOMA) as part of program "Marlon Riggs" December 2-4, 1994.)
Shown at Los Angeles International Gay and Lesbian Film and Video Festival July 1989.
Shown at Los Angeles International Gay and Lesbian Film and Video Festival July 6-12, 1990.
Shown at New York International Festival of Lesbian and Gay Film, New York City June 1, 1990.
Shown at New York Lesbian & Gay Film Festival (Marlon Riggs Retrospective) May 12-22, 1994.
Shown at New York Lesbian and Gay Experimental Film Festival New York City September 14, 1990.
Shown at San Francisco International Lesbian & Gay Film Festival June 17-27, 1999.
Shown at The New Festival's Downtown Winter Series in NYC February 5, 1991.
Broadcast over PBS on "P.O.V." July 15, 1991.
Filmmaker Marlon T. Riggs died of AIDS on April 5, 1994 at the age of 37.
