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Anthem + Affirmations : two short films / produced, directed and edited by Marlon T. Riggs.
LIBRA DVD 018 351
Available from offsite location
- Format:
- Video
- Author/Creator:
- Jackson, Reginald T., author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- African American gay people.
- Homosexuality.
- Genre:
- Short films.
- Music videos.
- Experimental films.
- Documentary films.
- Performances.
- Video recordings.
- Physical Description:
- 1 videodisc (19 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
- polychrome
- Other Title:
- Anthem and Affirmations
- Title from disc label: Affirmations & Anthem
- Place of Publication:
- [San Francisco, CA] : Frameline, [2009]
- System Details:
- DVD-R, NTSC, all regions.
- digital
- optical
- NTSC
- video file
- DVD video
- all regions
- Summary:
- Anthem (9 min.): "Marlon Riggs' experimental music video politicizes the homoeroticism of African-American men. With images--sensual, sexual and defiant--and words intended to provoke, Anthem reasserts the 'self-evident right' to life and liberty in an era of pervasive anti-gay, anti-Black backlash and hysterical cultural repression."--Container.
- Affirmations (10 min.): "An exploration of Black gay male desires and dreams. Affirmations starts with an affectionate, humorous confessional and moves on to a wish for empowerment and incorporation."--Container.
- Contents:
- Anthem / Signifyin' Works ; producer, director, Marlon Riggs ; co-director, Christiane Badgley ; contributing poets, Reginald T. Jackson ... [et al.]
- Affirmations / produced directed & written by Marlon Riggs.
- Participant:
- (Anthem) Bernard Branner, Brian Freeman, Jesse Harris.
- (Affirmations) Voices, R. Battle, Blackberri, Michael Bell.
- Credits:
- (Anthem) Photography, editor, Christiane Badgley ... [et al.].
- (Affirmations) Photography, Marlon Riggs, Scott Sinkler; editor, Christiane Badgley.
- Notes:
- Videodisc release of two short motion pictures produced in 1990 (Affirmations) and 1991 (Anthem).
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Class of 1953 Fund.
- Contains:
- Anthem
- Affirmations
- OCLC:
- 540607576
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