I feel that it lacks a lot of the oomph of his other works due to its brevity, but Affirmations is still a powerful portrait of what it means to be black and gay and hated for it. Through the film, Riggs recounts his own wishes for his community and extends that outward, with great editing and repurposed footage
I feel that it lacks a lot of the oomph of his other works due to its brevity, but Affirmations is still a powerful portrait of what it means to be black and gay and hated for it. Through the film, Riggs recounts his own wishes for his community and extends that outward, with great editing and repurposed footage