In 2022, the film was selected for preservation in the National Film Registry by the Library of Congress as being "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant".
This film has a 100% rating based on 10 critic reviews on Rotten Tomatoes.
This film is included in "The Signifyin' Works of Marlon Riggs", released by Criterion, spine #1,082.
As at October 2020, streaming on The Criterion Channel as part of "Race, Sex & Cinema: The World of Marlon Riggs", a retrospective featuring eight of Marlon Riggs's features and short films and a collection of related short films.