James Baldwin

Born: 1924-08-02

James Arthur Baldwin was an African-American novelist, essayist, playwright, poet, and social critic. His essays, as collected in Notes of a Native Son, explore palpable yet unspoken intricacies of racial, sexual, and class distinctions in Western societies, most notably in mid-20th-century America, and their inevitable if unnameable tensions.


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I Am Not Your Negro

as Self (archive footage)
Released: 2017-02-03

Working from the text of James Baldwin’s unfinished final novel, director Raoul Peck creates a...

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James Baldwin Abroad

as Self
Released: 2023-02-03

Showcasing three short films by American writer James Baldwin, wherein he muses about race,...

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Louis Armstrong's Black & Blues

as Self (archive footage)
Released: 2022-10-27

An intimate and revealing look at the world-changing musician, presented through a lens of...

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Baldwin's Nigger

as Self
Released: 1968-07-12

James Baldwin and Dick Gregory discuss the Civil Rights Movement in 1960s Great Britain.

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Public Speaking

as Self (archive footage)
Released: 2010-11-22

A feature-length documentary starring Fran Lebowitz, a writer known for her unique take on...

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Madonna: Madame X

as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Released: 2021-09-23

Filmed in Lisbon, Portugal, the film captures the pop icon’s rare and rapturous tour...

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Meeting the Man: James Baldwin in Paris

as Self
Released: 1971-05-05

In 1970, a British film crew set out to make a straightforward literary portrait of James...

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King: A Filmed Record... Montgomery to Memphis

as Self (archive footage)
Released: 1970-03-24

Constructed from a wealth of archival footage, the documentary follows Dr. Martin Luther King,...

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The Statue of Liberty

as Self - Writer
Released: 1985-10-26

For more than 100 years, the Statue of Liberty has been a symbol of hope and refuge for...

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James Baldwin: The Price of the Ticket

as Self (archive footage)
Released: 1989-08-14

James Baldwin was at once a major 20th century American author, a Civil Rights activist and, for...

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Mr. SOUL!

as Self (archive footage)
Released: 2018-04-27

On the heels of the Civil Rights Movement, one fearless black pioneer reconceived a Harlem...

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De Cabral a George Floyd: Onde Arde o Fogo Sagrado da Liberdade

as Self
Released: 2020-09-11

Through clippings, the film draws a narrative line between the construction of racism in Brazil...

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The Madding Crowd

as Self (archive footage)
Released: 2017-02-01

"A great many conundrums." An assemblage of found footage.

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i ran from it and was still in it

as Self (voice) (archive footage)
Released: 2021-01-28

I ran from it and was still in it poetically interweaves personal family memories with original...

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James Baldwin, A Stranger In The Village

as Self
Released: 1962-10-11

James Baldwin, a stranger in a Swiss village in 1962, reflects on ordinary and universal racism.

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A Person Is More Important Than Anything Else

as Self (archive footage)
Released: 2014-01-01

"A person is more important than anything else…," is driven by the cadence and intonation of...

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I Heard It Through the Grapevine

as uncredited
Released: 1982-03-03

Renowned Black writer James Baldwin retraces his time in the South during the Civil Rights...

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James Baldwin: From Another Place

as Self
Released: 1973-01-01

In Istanbul, American writer James Baldwin muses about race, the American fascination with...

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Target: St. Louis Vol. 1

as Self (archive footage)
Released: 2018-01-01

TARGET ST. LOUIS Vol. 1© tells the story of how the United State Military conducted secret...

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Debate: Baldwin vs. Buckley

as Self
Released: 1965-06-12

The Cambridge Union Society debates the motion "Has the American Dream Been Achieved at the...

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Take This Hammer

as Self
Released: 1964-02-04

Take This Hammer features KQED's mobile film unit following author and activist James Baldwin in...

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The Dick Cavett Show

as Self - Guest
First aired: 1968-06-06

The Dick Cavett Show has been the title of several talk shows hosted by Dick Cavett on various...

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Explained

as Self (archive footage)
First aired: 2018-05-23

This documentary series, made in partnership with Vox, explain some of the world's current...

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Bobby Kennedy for President

as Self (archive footage)
First aired: 2018-04-27

Historic footage and leading voices of the era examine the "Bobby Phenomenon" of the 1960s and...

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I Remember Harlem

as self
First aired: 1981-02-01

William Miles’s landmark epic documents the early settlement of the Village of Harlem in the...

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