Poster for Tongues Untied
date: label: Date
content: 1989
name: label: Subject of
content: Marlon Riggs, American, 1957 - 1994
label: Subject of
content: Essex Hemphill, American, 1957 - 1995
label: Photograph by
content: Dr. Ron Simmons, American, 1950 - 2020
label: Designed by
content: Gary Rorick
notes: label: Description
content: A poster for the experimental video Tongues Untied by Marlon Riggs. The poster features a large black and white photograph of Marlon Riggs (left) and Essex Hemphill (right). Both Riggs and Hemphill are shirtless. Riggs stands in front of Hemphill and Hemphill's right arm reaches to the front of Riggs' chest. There is a wall with a design on it in the background. The lower right of the poster contains a gray text box with red type that reads: [BLACK / MEN / LOVING / BLACK / MEN]. The title and credits are found below the red text in gray and red type and reads: [TONGUES / UNTIED / by MARLON RIGGS / featuring ESSEX HEMPHILL]. White text below the text box reads: [Funded in part by Film Arts Foundation and Western States Regional NEA Fellowship]. On the bottom left of the poster, in white, horizontal type, are additional credits that read: [Poster design Gary Rorick Photo Ron Simmons]. Both men also signed their signatures, in blue ink, to the right of their heads on the front of the poster. The back of the poster is blank white. A piece of paper with black type is taped to the bottom left corner reading [Mr. Jack Vincent/223 Orange St/Oakland CA 94610-4134] in black ink, with [DONATED BY] handwritten in black ink above the typed portion, and [3/2014] in the bottom right of the sticker, handwritten in black ink.
place: label: Place used
content: United States, North and Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Film
label: Topic
content: Gender
label: Topic
content: Identity
label: Topic
content: LGBTQ
label: Topic
content: Men
label: Topic
content: Sexuality
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content: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
label: Classification
content: Memorabilia and Ephemera - Advertisements
label: Exhibition
content: Taking the Stage
label: On View
content: NMAAHC (1400 Constitution Ave NW), National Mall Location, Culture/Fourth Floor, 4 054
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Jack Vincent in memory of Marlon Riggs
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2014.169.1.2
objectType: label: Type
content: posters
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: © Signifyin' Works
label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Permission required for use. Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: ink on paper (fiber product)
label: Dimensions
content: H x W: 24 × 18 1/16 in. (61 × 45.9 cm)