Reviews

  • BLACK IS...BLACK AIN'T is one of the 100 most important movies ever made.

    San Francisco Examiner-Chronicle

  • Altogether remarkable...a wide-ranging work celebrating diversity and filled with warmth and humor

    Los Angeles Times

  • BLACK IS...BLACK AIN'T moves and soars with [Rigg's] spirit and rhythms...A fitting coda to the life and work of Marlon Riggs.

    Boston Globe

Awards

  • Juror’s Award for Achievement
    Atlanta International Film Festival / DocuFest Atlanta
    [1994]
  • Juror’s Choice Honors
    Black Maria Film & Video Festival
    [1994]
  • Golden Gate Award, Best of Festival
    San Francisco International Film Festival
    [1995]
  • Filmmaker’s Trophy
    Sundance Film Festival
    [1995]
  • Juror’s Best of the Best Award
    Charlotte Film and Video Festival
    [1995]
  • Audience Award for Best Documentary
    Florida Film Festival
    [1995]
  • Best Cultural Affairs Documentary, Prized Pieces Film & Video Competition
    National Black Programming Consortium (NBPC)
    [1995]
  • Community Choice Award, Prized Pieces Film & Video Competition
    National Black Programming Consortium (NBPC)
    [1995]
  • Golden Gate Award, Special Juror’s Award
    San Francisco International Film Festival
    [1995]
  • Best in Competition
    Black Filmmakers Hall of Fame
    [1995]
  • Official Selection
    International Public Television INPUT Conference
    [1995]
  • Michael Moore Award, Best Documentary Film
    Ann Arbor Film Festival
    [1995]
  • Gold Apple
    National Educational Media Network
    [1995]