Essex Hemphill

AKA:

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1967-04-16

Chicago, Illinois, USA

Biography

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.

Crew Roles

Tongues Untied

Writer

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Self

2015-12-01 0

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

Between 2014 and 2017, McClodden revived the work of deceased Black queer artists who were active during the 1980s AIDS epidemic, including the poet and activist Essex Hemphill. Here, McClodden remake ...

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Self

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Essex Hemphill: From The Anacostia to the Potomac

Video performance of poetry by Essex Hemphill in performance with Larry Duckette, Brenda Files & Cordell Credle ...

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Self - Poetry Performance

1990-03-16 6.6

Tongues Untied

Marlon Riggs, with assistance from other gay Black men, especially poet Essex Hemphill, celebrates Black men loving Black men as a revolutionary act. The film intercuts footage of Hemphill reciting hi ...

Genre :Documentary

1990-06-23 5.2

Affirmations

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

Genre :Documentary

1993-07-21 4.2

Anthem

A collage of erotic images and a call to arms, with a feverish hip-hop energy that celebrates the lives of African American men. ...

Genre :Music

Self

1995-10-11 5.6

Black Is… Black Ain’t

African-American documentary filmmaker Marlon Riggs was working on this final film as he died from AIDS-related complications in 1994; he addresses the camera from his hospital bed in several scenes. ...