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Essex Hemphill

Born 1967-04-16 Chicago, Illinois, USA 7 films

Essex Hemphill was an openly gay American poet and activist. He is known for his contributions to the Washington, D.C. art scene in the 1980s, and for openly discussing the topics pertinent to the African-American gay community.

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Filmography

7 films

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Af-Fixing Ceremony: Four Movements for Essex, Movement I: Essex + Audre poster

Between 2014 and 2017, McClodden revived the work of deceased Black queer artists who were active d…

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Af-Fixing Ceremony: Four Movements for Essex, Movement I: Essex + Audre

★ 0.0 2015

Portraits of some of the gay community's most renowned artists and spiritual leaders, with commenta…

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Fellow Travelers

★ 0.0 2008

African-American documentary filmmaker Marlon Riggs was working on this final film as he died from…

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Black Is… Black Ain’t

★ 5.8 1995

A collage of erotic images and a call to arms, with a feverish hip-hop energy that celebrates the l…

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Anthem

★ 4.5 1993

A look at what it's like to be gay and black in America.

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Affirmations

★ 5.6 1990

Marlon Riggs, with assistance from other gay Black men, especially poet Essex Hemphill, celebrates…

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Tongues Untied

★ 6.6 1990

Video performance of poetry by Essex Hemphill in performance with Larry Duckette, Brenda Files & C…

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Essex Hemphill: From The Anacostia to the Potomac

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