"Tongues Untied" by Marlon Riggs

What I found most interesting about "Tongues Untied" were the components of the video compared to the message it was relaying. "Tongues Untied" is about speaking out for change and not silencing oneself. That is why I found it particularly interesting that not only did they speak out in the film, but they spoke so eloquently and poetically. A main aspect of the film that stood out to me was the use of voice overs. Most of the film is a voice over images that do not match, whether they are of a man sitting or found footage. There were also parts where the voice overs would overlap, which further proves the point that one should not silence themself. I also found the repetition in the video to contribute to this idea. There were repetition of images (close ups of faces) as well as of words ("anger unvented becomes pain unspoken becomes rage released"). Those repeated words encompass the main message I got out of the documentary.