User:A.chirino/Marlon Riggs
UC Berkeley has recently sought funding for a fellowship dedicated to Marlon Riggs for UC Berkley Journalism majors.[1]
In 2006, Riggs was awarded into the NLGJA LGBTQ Journalists Hall of Fame[2]
"Tongues Untied," held political backlash; Republican Senator Jesse Helms argued to defund the arts after its release.[3]
In 2019, The Brooklyn Academy of Music featured Marlon Riggs's work with a show of Race, Sex & Cinema: The World of Marlon Riggs.[4]
Riggs's poetry was inspired by friend, poet, and activist Essex Hemphill[5].
- ^ "The Marlon T. Riggs Fellowships". UC Berkeley Graduate School of Journalism. Retrieved 2019-11-07.
- ^ "NLGJA Hall of Fame - NLGJA". Retrieved 2019-11-07.
- ^ ": We pay tribute to Professor and filmmaker MARLON RIGGS, who died Tuesday". NPR.org. Retrieved 2019-11-07.
- ^ Alm, David. "Marlon Riggs, Icon Of Queer And Black Cinema, Celebrated In Brooklyn". Forbes. Retrieved 2019-11-07.
- ^ "Interview with Marlon Riggs by Chuck Kleinhans and Julia Lesage". www.ejumpcut.org. Retrieved 2019-11-07.