B. Smith

B. Smith

Birth : 1949-08-24, Everson, Pennsylvania, USA

Death : 2020-02-22

History

Barbara "B." Smith was an American restaurateur, model, lifestyle maven, author, businesswoman, and television host. She died the result of early-onset Alzheimer's disease at age 70.

Profile

B. Smith

Movies

Black Is … Black Ain’t
Black Is … Black Ain’t
Self
African-American documentary filmmaker Marlon Riggs was working on this final film as he died from AIDS-related complications in 1994; he addresses the camera from his hospital bed in several scenes. The film directly addresses sexism and homophobia within the black community, with snippets of misogynistic and anti-gay slurs from popular hip-hop songs juxtaposed with interviews with African-American intellectuals and political theorists, including Cornel West, bell hooks and Angela Davis.