Marlon Riggs

Biography

Marlon Troy Riggs was a groundbreaking filmmaker, educator, and poet who produced several documentary films that examined representations of race and sexuality in America. Born in Fort Worth, Texas in 1957 to a military family, Riggs experienced ostracism as a gay black man in his youth. He went on to create innovative and provocative films, including "Ethnic Notions" and "Tongues Untied," which are now housed at Stanford University Libraries.