Anthem

1991

Short Film

Marlon Riggss experimental music video politicizes the homoeroticism of African American men. With imagessensual, sexual, and defiantand words intended to provoke, ANTHEM reasserts the self-evident right to life and liberty in an era of pervasive antigay, anti-Black backlash and hysterical cultural repression.

Directed by:

Marlon Riggs

Starring:

Djola Bernard Branner Jesse Harris Willi Ninja

Country:

USA

Language:

English

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Rated 02 May 2022

Viewed March 22, 2022. A great, highly evocative short that displays Marlon Riggs’ gift for layering sound bites and flashy, rhythmic editing of disparate image sources. A call for revolution and acceptance set amidst the AIDS epidemic (the film was made after Riggs’ AIDS diagnosis), Riggs’ technique melds joyful celebration with bleaker, more paranoid tones to dazzling effect.

Rated 02 May 2022

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