However, the chief focus of his work as media artist, essayist and teacher was the interrogation of the ways in which representations of race and sexuality determine personal and public reality.Īs a video-maker he produced 8 works between 19. Marlon Riggs’ short career (he died in 1994 aged 37) was remarkably productive across a number of fields. Identities are the names we give to the different ways we are positioned by, and position ourselves within, the narratives of the past. Co: MTR Production Prod, Dir, Phot, Ed: Marlon Riggs Scr: Riggs, Essex Hemphill
