Marlon Riggs
Marlon Riggs

Marlon Riggs

Known forDirecting

GenderMale

BirthdaySun Feb 03 1957

DeathdayTue Apr 05 1994

Place of birthFort Worth, Texas, USA

Also known asMarlon Troy Riggs, Marlon T. Riggs

Biography

Marlon Troy Riggs (February 3, 1957 – April 5, 1994) was an American filmmaker, educator (professor), poet, and gay rights activist. He produced, wrote, and directed several television documentaries, including Ethnic Notions, Tongues Untied, Color Adjustment, and Black is... Black Ain't. Riggs created aesthetically innovative and socially provocative films that examine past and present representations of race and sexuality in America. The Marlon Riggs Collection is now housed at Stanford University Libraries.

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