Talk:Marlon Riggs

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Signifyin 23:53, 5 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I saw that too. I used your suggested phrasing to correct it. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 198.86.248.1 (talk) 21:27, 9 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Affirmations and Anthem linked to the general pages for each, and no unique page seems to exist for either of these films.

TheDisreputableDog 02:35, 14 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks to figurefour44 for adding Mulholland's quote on Marlon. A beautiful sentiment, exquisitely written. Had me pumping my fist. Captures Marlon Riggs, nails him. Chrish65 (talk) 17:05, 5 August 2016 (UTC)[reply]

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Hello, I'm just learning about the man and artist Marlon Riggs from my Medical Humanities class and I must say, I'm loving all things Marlon Riggs. I'm very interest in exploring more about his early years and the struggles that he faced in the world and in the African American community. Does anyone know his family background? Was his family steep in religion like most AA families in the South? Also, does anyone know who influenced him in his early years? Also, interest to learn more about his films: ethnic notions and others. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Athomas001 (talk • contribs) 22:22, 23 October 2017 (UTC)[reply]

@Athomas001: Looking forward to the edits you make and what you find out. Be bold! Professorsmith (talk) 12:53, 26 October 2017 (UTC)[reply]

'I've added Marlon Riggs's immediate family members and cited in his article.

Hello Athomas001, I read over the article and the talk page, I like the enthusiasm you have toward learning more about Marlon Riggs. I could not tell what you had added to the article though, I am still learning to work on wikipedia so I am not sure if you just did not add your edits to the talk page or I may to not be looking in the correct place. Anyhow, I did notice that in the first section there is a open parenthesis that may be an error. There are also some run-on sentences that could be make into two sentences or worded differently. It is great that your article/person has so much more information and is more developed. I like the different titled sections in the article which I will add to mine. (Amorales88 (talk) 17:56, 10 November 2017 (UTC))[reply]

This entry is being posted as a class assignment. I have not made any changes to the article yet.Linda Fountain 04:36, 23 January 2018 (UTC) I will be attempting to research Riggs' early life in an effort to see if there are specific people, philosophies or events that influenced his writing and filmmaking. I will also work on standardizing the titles of the films throughout the article. Linda Fountain 04:31, 23 January 2018 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Lfountain (talk • contribs)

I agree that more information should attempt to be added to give a more clear insight on Marlon's inspiration behind her film work. --Djp209 (talk) 04:20, 14 February 2018 (UTC)[reply]

The recent information added to the article on Marlon Riggs was very interesting. Is there a source that can be included in the reference section? The two sentences that are being contested are based on an article written by Marlon Riggs, which is currently the sixth item listed in the reference section: Riggs, Marlon (Fall 1991). "Notes of a signifyin' snap! queen". Art Journal. 50: 60–65 – via EBSCO. Linda Fountain 15:56, 20 February 2018 (UTC)

Hi Lfountain,

Marlon Riggs is a very interesting individual. His work was really encouraging. He had a hard life growing up black and gay. Having to endure so much as a child should have put him on a road of destruction. Instead he used it to gain notoriety and his confidence in writing about such controversial issues. He also was an educator and taught college aged adults the importance of history, not only the history that we learn in school all of the time, but opening their minds to critically think about issues that they may have never known existed especially when he was teaching 30 years ago. I would have like to see more information on his death and the circumstances behind that. There isn't any information except for the date and place where he passed away. The citations seem to be reliable. There is a lot of information on his work. My artist Slava Mogutin had some of the same issues when he was growing up and trying to understand why he was discriminated against because of his sexual preference. He faced being persecuted for wanting to marry into a same sex marriage and it seems that Riggs may have felt persecuted in the eyes of his peers. This article really caught my attention and I want to learn more about Riggs in the future. The article is set up is great except for his death is a mystery for me.

Arnells26 (talk) 17:37, 14 February 2018 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Arnells26 (talk • contribs)