Listening to the heartbeat: interview with Marlon Riggs

摘要

Marlon Riggs: In a way all the poetry that was coming out by black gay men inspired Tongues Untied . About two years before I made this, a number of voices had started to speak out in a very eloquent fashion and in a very different way from what you would ex-pect. Around 1985-86 the primary means of expression for black gay men and a black gay identity was through poetry—using all forms and all kinds of expression. I saw one anthology after another of black gay voices in poetry, short stories, and experimental essay forms. All this seemed interesting material for a documentary.