Poster advertising Marlon Riggs: 10 Years After

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A poster for the Marlon Riggs: 10 Years After events. The front of poster features a photograph of Riggs and information about events to celebrate the life and work of the filmmaker. The top front of the poster is orange with white type that reads: [Marlon Riggs: / 10 Years After]. The center of poster is a color photograph of Marlon Riggs wearing a black fedora, pink crew-neck shirt with unidentifiable graphic on the front, and brown circle-rimmed glasses. Riggs is pictured holding a large black Sony camera with an attached microphone and handle, on his proper right shoulder, with both hands on the camera. He appears to be on a street lined with people (blurry). Below the color photograph, there is a gray section with white, black, and orange type. The text is broken into a centered top section and two columns.

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