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Tongues Untied

Marlon Riggs, with the support of other homosexual Black men, and most notably the poet Essex Hemphill, praises the act of Black men loving other Black men as a revolutionary act. The film features footage of Hemphill reciting his poetry, Riggs telling the story of his growing up, scenes of men in social intercourse and dance, and various comic riffs, including a visit to the "Institute of Snap!thology," where men take lessons in how to snap their fingers: the sling snap, the point snap, and the diva snap.

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