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6:00 pm Movie Night at the Omni: “Black Ain’t Black” @ Omni Commons ballroom
Movie Night at the Omni: “Black Ain’t Black” @ Omni Commons ballroom
Oct 4 @ 6:00 pm – 8:30 pm
Black is… Black Ain’t is a 1994 award-winning feature-length documentary by Marlon Riggs. It explores the multiplicity of expressions of African American identity with a backdrop of Creole cooking. Synopsis: Riggs uses his grandmother’s gumbo as a metaphor for the rich diversity of Black identities. The film traverses the country interviewing African Americans young and old, rich and poor, Northern and Southern, rural and urban, gay and straight, as they discuss the numerous, often contested definitions of Blackness. Riggs mixes performances by choreographer Bill T. Jones and poet Essex Hemphill … Continued