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title: "Tongues Untied: cast and crew"
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# Tongues Untied (1990): cast and crew

9 cast and 17 crew, as credited (TMDB). Cast in billing order.

## Cast

- [Marlon Riggs](https://film.one/person/marlon-riggs.md) as Self
- [Essex Hemphill](https://film.one/person/essex-hemphill.md) as Self - Poetry Performance
- [Brian Freeman](https://film.one/person/brian-freeman.md) as Self
- [Michael Bell](https://film.one/person/michael-bell-19546.md) as Self
- [Willi Ninja](https://film.one/person/willi-ninja.md) as Self
- [Kerrigan Black](https://film.one/person/kerrigan-black.md) as Self
- [Blackberri](https://film.one/person/blackberri.md) as Self
- [Djola Bernard Branner](https://film.one/person/djola-bernard-branner.md) as Self
- [Eddie Murphy](https://film.one/person/eddie-murphy.md) as Self (archive footage)

## Directing

- [Marlon Riggs](https://film.one/person/marlon-riggs.md): Director

## Writing

- [Joseph Beam](https://film.one/person/joseph-beam.md): Writer
- [Reginald Jackson](https://film.one/person/reginald-jackson.md): Writer
- [Steve Langley](https://film.one/person/steve-langley.md): Writer
- [Donald Woods](https://film.one/person/donald-woods-72564.md): Writer
- [Chris Harris](https://film.one/person/chris-harris-3237215.md): Writer
- [Alan Miller](https://film.one/person/alan-miller.md): Writer
- [Essex Hemphill](https://film.one/person/essex-hemphill.md): Writer
- [Marlon Riggs](https://film.one/person/marlon-riggs.md): Writer

## Production

- [Brian Freeman](https://film.one/person/brian-freeman.md): Associate Producer
- [Marlon Riggs](https://film.one/person/marlon-riggs.md): Producer

## Camera

- [Vivian Kleiman](https://film.one/person/vivian-kleiman.md): Director of Photography
- [Marlon Riggs](https://film.one/person/marlon-riggs.md): Director of Photography

## Editing

- [Marlon Riggs](https://film.one/person/marlon-riggs.md): Editor

## Sound and music

- [Steve Langley](https://film.one/person/steve-langley.md): Original Music Composer
- [Marlon Riggs](https://film.one/person/marlon-riggs.md): Original Music Composer
- [Alex Langford](https://film.one/person/alex-langford.md): Original Music Composer

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