Radical, tender and unapologetically queer: ‘Tongues Untied’ still speaks volumes

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Tongues Untied is a synergy of geniuses—Riggs and Hemphill most specifically, with the hungry ghost of Joseph Beam to supervise—and every part of the visuals elevates the words, and vice versa. The film is immediate, intimate and electric, using small vignettes and broad allegory to welcome the viewer into Riggs’s emotional landscape…Read more

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