Black on Screen: Honoring Marlon Riggs
Honor the life and legacy of the late filmmaker, poet, and activist Marlon Riggs, who documented Black gay life and addressed the urgency of the AIDS crisis within Black gay communities throughout the late 20th century. We will screen Riggs's 1993 short, Non, Je Ne Regrette Rien (No Regret), an intimate look at five
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HIV-positive gay Black men as they discuss their experiences living with AIDS and confront the stigmatization of the illness at the height of the epidemic. The film will be followed by a conversation on Riggs's legacy and the role of experimental art within the history of AIDS resistance and awareness with Dr. Gervais Marsh, associate curator at Creative Time, and writer, curator, and archivist Sur Rodney (Sur). Presented in collaboration with Creative Time.