Amiri Baraka
Amiri Baraka (born Everett LeRoi Jones October 7, 1934), formerly known as LeRoi Jones and Imamu Amear Baraka, is an African-American writer of poetry, drama, fiction, essays, and music criticism. He is the author of numerous books of poetry and has taught at a number of universities, including the State University of New York at Buffalo and the State University of New York at Stony Brook. He received the PEN Open Book Award, formerly known as the Beyond Margins Award, in 2008 for Tales of the Out and the Gone.
Bulworth
as RastamanA suicidally disillusioned liberal politician puts a contract out on himself and takes the...
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Death of a Prophet
as uncreditedAfter breaking ties with the Nation of Islam, Malcolm X became a man marked for death...and it...
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James Baldwin: The Price of the Ticket
as SelfJames Baldwin was at once a major 20th century American author, a Civil Rights activist and, for...
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Ferlinghetti: A Rebirth of Wonder
as HimselfThe poet and painter, Lawrence Ferlinghetti, is among the world's living monuments to arts and...
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Nationtime
as SelfA report on the National Black Political Convention held in Gary, Indiana, in 1972, a historic...
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Cecil Taylor: All The Notes
as HimselfCecil Taylor was the grand master of free jazz piano. "All the Notes" captures in breezy fashion...
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Return to Gorée
as SelfBecause jazz is the miraculous product of the horror of slavery, Youssou N'Dour returned to the...
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The New-Ark
as SelfBeginning as a city-symphony of Newark streets, buildings, and people set to wordless chanting,...
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Hubert Selby Jr: It/ll Be Better Tomorrow
as SelfAn exploration into the life and art of the renowned author of "Last Exit To Brooklyn" and...
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Poetry in Motion
as selfMore than 20 contemporary North American poets recite, sing, and perform their work. Early in...
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New York Agora: The Legacy of the 60s Counterculture
as HimselfThe film explores the memory and the legacy of the 60s counterculture through interviews with NY...
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The Pact
as HimselfA gritty, provocative true-life story of three friends from the 'hood, Rameck Hunt, Sampson...
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Langston Hughes: The Dream Keeper
as HimselfOne in a series of 13 documentaries on renowned American poets produced by the New York Center...
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Obscene
as SelfA look at the life and work of American publisher Barney Rosset, who struggled to bring...
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Scenes from Allen's Last Three Days on Earth as a Spirit
as Himself (as LeRoy Jones-Baraka)This is a video record of the Buddhist Wake ceremony at Allen Ginsberg's apartment. You see...
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Black Theatre: The Making of a Movement
as SelfThis documentary explores the growth and development of black theatre from its earliest roots,...
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1 P.M.
as SelfLighter and livelier than the films Jean-Luc Godard had made in France, his U.S. collaboration...
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I Heard It Through the Grapevine
as SelfRenowned Black writer James Baldwin retraces his time in the South during the Civil Rights...
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ER
as ReidER explores the inner workings of an urban teaching hospital and the critical issues faced by...
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Great Performances
as SelfThe best in the performing arts from across America and around the world including a diverse...
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