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The life, works and beliefs of the late writer and civil rights activist are recounted: what it is to be born black, impoverished, gifted, and gay in a world that has yet to understand that “all...
Best-Selling Author & Civil Rights Activist. James Arthur Baldwin. 1924-1987. View & Download. T r a i l e r. • Feature-Length Documentary. • Produced on 16mm Film. • Film Premiere at Sundance, 1990. • Over 50 Festivals Worldwide. • Dozens of Awards & Honors. • Broadcast in Over 40 Countries. • In Thousands of Schools & Libraries.
(1924 - 1987) Biography. Photo: Sedat Pakay. Although he spent a great deal of his life abroad, James Baldwin always remained a quintessentially American writer. Whether he was working in Paris or Istanbul, he never ceased to reflect on his experience as a black man in white America.
Oct 8, 2005 · About the Documentary. I Am Not Your Negro envisions the book James Baldwin never finished, a radical narration about race in America, using the writer’s original words, as read by actor...
Jun 24, 2024 · The now-legendary documentary, aired by KQED in February 1964, is called Take This Hammer — the title borrowed from the Black folk song of the same name that envisions an escape from brutal working conditions. The film follows James Baldwin on a tour of the predominantly Black neighborhoods of 1960s San Francisco and, most importantly, gives ...
Jun 10, 2022 · His close friends and colleagues — even critics — illuminate the narrative, among them writers Maya Angelou, Amiri Baraka and William Styron, plus entertainer Bobby Short. James Baldwin: The ...
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Oct 27, 2009 · Film biography of the life of James Baldwin includes excerpts from his work . Writers Maya Angelou, Amiri Baraka, Ishmael Reed and William Styron discuss Baldwin's influence....
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