Poster for Tongues Untied

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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].

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