{"product_id":"aba-blu-riggs-002-71551","title":"Signifyin’ Works of Marlon Riggs, The (BLU-RAY)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThere has never been a filmmaker like Marlon Riggs: an unapologetic gay Black man who defied a culture of silence and shame to speak his truth with resounding joy and conviction. An early adopter of video technology, Riggs employed a bold mix of documentary, performance, poetry, and music in order to confront the devastating legacy of racist stereotypes, the impact of AIDS on his community, and the very definition of what it means to be Black. Bringing together Riggs’s complete films—including his controversy-inciting queer landmark \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eTongues Untied\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e and \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eBlack Is . . . Black Ain’t,\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e the deeply personal swan song that was completed after his death at the age of thirty-seven—\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Signifyin’ Works of Marlon Riggs\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e traces the artistic and political evolution of a transformative filmmaker whose work is both an electrifying call for liberation and an invaluable historical document.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch4 class=\"header_lvl2 hideSmall\"\u003eSPECIAL FEATURES\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eNew high-definition digital masters of all seven films, with uncompressed monaural or stereo soundtracks on the Blu-rays\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFour new programs featuring filmmaker and editor Christiane Badgley; performers Brian Freeman, Reginald T. Jackson, and Bill T. Jones; filmmakers Cheryl Dunye and Rodney Evans; poet Jericho Brown; film and media scholar Racquel Gates; and sociologist Herman Gray\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eExcerpts from a 1992 interview with director Marlon Riggs\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBrief introductions by Riggs to\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eTongues Untied\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eand\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eColor Adjustment\u003c\/em\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cem\u003eLong Train Running: The Story of the Oakland Blues\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e(1981), Riggs’s University of California, Berkeley, graduate thesis film\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eIntroduction to Riggs from 2020 featuring filmmakers Vivian Kleiman and Shikeith, and Ashley Clark, curatorial director of the Criterion Collection\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cem\u003eI Shall Not Be Removed: The Life of Marlon Rigg\u003c\/em\u003es (1996), a documentary by Karen Everett that features interviews with Riggs; Kleiman; filmmaker Isaac Julien; African American studies scholar Barbara Christian; several of Riggs’s longtime friends and collaborators; and members of his family\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eEnglish subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePLUS: An essay by film critic K. Austin Collins\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cem\u003eNew cover design by Hassan Rahim\/12:01 with Eric Skillman\u003c\/em\u003e\n\u003ch4 class=\"header_lvl2 hideSmall\"\u003e\u003c\/h4\u003e","brand":"Unobstructed View","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41280972488904,"sku":"CC3262BD","price":65.99,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0598\/8486\/3688\/products\/marlonriggs.jpg?v=1642107662","url":"https:\/\/videomatica.com\/es\/products\/aba-blu-riggs-002-71551","provider":"Videomatica Ltd (since 1983)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}