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Silence is my weapon, silence is my shield.
Marlon Riggs / Filmmaker
Shields
Silence
Weapons
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Black men loving black men is THE revolutionary act.
Marlon Riggs / Filmmaker
Men
Black
Revolutionary
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It is necessary to constantly remind ourselves that we are not an abomination.
Marlon Riggs / Filmmaker
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When nobody speaks your name, or even knows it, you, knowing it, must be the first to speak it.
Marlon Riggs / Filmmaker
Firsts
Knowing
Names
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So much of my life has been about self-effacement, pretense, masquerading, concealment, and indirection.
Marlon Riggs / Filmmaker
Confession
Has Beens
Self
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Silence kills the soul; it diminishes its possibilities to rise and fly and explore. Silence withers what makes you human. The soul shrinks, until it's nothing.
Marlon Riggs / Filmmaker
Diversity
Gay
Justice
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My struggle has allowed me to transcend that sense of shame and stigma identified with my being a Black gay man. Having come through the fire, they can't touch me.
Marlon Riggs / Filmmaker
Men
Gay
Struggle
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As long as I have work then I'm not going to die, cause work is a living spirit in me - that which wants to connect with other people and pass on something to them which they can use in their own lives and grow from.
Marlon Riggs / Filmmaker
Long
People
Use
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