Tongues Untied

Tongues Untied
Black-and-white poster of two African-American shirtless men, whose faces express frowns. The behind man wrapping one arm around the front man.
Theatrical release poster
Directed byMarlon T. Riggs
Produced byMarlon T. Riggs
Starring
Narrated by
  • Marlon T. Riggs
  • Various
Distributed by
Release date
  • October 26, 1989 (1989-10-26) (American Film Institute Video Festival)
Running time
55 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

Tongues Untied is a 1989 American video essay[1][2] experimental documentary film directed by Marlon T. Riggs,[3] and featuring Riggs, Essex Hemphill, Brian Freeman. and more.[4] The film seeks, in its author's words to, "...shatter the nation's brutalizing silence on matters of sexual and racial difference."

In 2022, the film was selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry by the Library of Congress as being "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant".[5]

  1. ^ Brief Descriptions and Expanded Essays of Titles at National Film Registry
  2. ^ No Regrets: A Celebration of Marlon Briggs|BAMPFA
  3. ^ Queer & Now & Then: 1991 - Film Comment
  4. ^ Bell, Chris (2006). "American AIDS Film". In Gerstner, David A. (ed.). Routledge International Encyclopedia of Queer Culture (1 ed.). Routledge. pp. 28–29. ISBN 9780415306515. Retrieved 2022-06-15.
  5. ^ Ulaby, Neda (December 14, 2022). "'Iron Man,' 'Super Fly' and 'Carrie' are inducted into the National Film Registry". NPR. Retrieved December 14, 2022.