James Baldwin
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.
| Known For | Acting |
|---|---|
| Most Rating | 4.177 |
| Birthday | 1924-08-02 |
| Place of Birth | Harlem, New York, USA |
| Also Known As |
2023
James Baldwin Abroad
10/2
Showcasing three short films by American writer James Baldwin, wherein he muses about race, sexuality and civil rights, among other topics, in Istanbu...
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James Baldwin Abroad
2021
Madonna: Madame X
7.5/25
Filmed in Lisbon, Portugal, the film captures the pop icon’s rare and rapturous tour performance, hailed by sold out theatrical audiences worldwide. T...
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Madonna: Madame X
2018
Target: St. Louis Vol. 1
0/1
TARGET ST. LOUIS Vol. 1© tells the story of how the United State Military conducted secret chemical testing on citizens of St. Louis's Northside. Told...
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Target: St. Louis Vol. 1
1968
Baldwin's Nigger
6.6/8
James Baldwin and Dick Gregory discuss the Civil Rights Movement in 1960s Great Britain.
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Baldwin's Nigger
1989
James Baldwin: The Price of the Ticket
1.5/2
James Baldwin was at once a major 20th century American author, a Civil Rights activist and, for two crucial decades, a prophetic voice calling Americ...
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James Baldwin: The Price of the Ticket
2010
Public Speaking
7/57
A feature-length documentary starring Fran Lebowitz, a writer known for her unique take on modern life. The film weaves together extemporaneous monolo...
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Public Speaking
2022
Louis Armstrong's Black & Blues
6.932/22
An intimate and revealing look at the world-changing musician, presented through a lens of archival footage and never-before-heard home recordings and...
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Louis Armstrong's Black & Blues
1964
Take This Hammer
10/1
Take This Hammer features KQED's mobile film unit following author and activist James Baldwin in the spring of 1963, as he's driven around San Francis...
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Take This Hammer
1982
I Heard It Through the Grapevine
0/0
Renowned Black writer James Baldwin retraces his time in the South during the Civil Rights Movement, reflecting with his trademark brilliance and insi...
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I Heard It Through the Grapevine
1962
James Baldwin, A Stranger In The Village
0/0
James Baldwin, a stranger in a Swiss village in 1962, reflects on ordinary and universal racism.
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James Baldwin, A Stranger In The Village
1973
James Baldwin: From Another Place
6.5/6
In Istanbul, American writer James Baldwin muses about race, the American fascination with sexuality, insights into his interrupted writing decade in...
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James Baldwin: From Another Place
2014
A Person Is More Important Than Anything Else
0/0
"A person is more important than anything else…," is driven by the cadence and intonation of James Baldwin’s voice, for Baldwin was also an orator who...
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A Person Is More Important Than Anything Else
1985
The Statue of Liberty
6.7/12
For more than 100 years, the Statue of Liberty has been a symbol of hope and refuge for generations of immigrants. In this lyrical, compelling and pro...
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The Statue of Liberty
1965
Debate: Baldwin vs. Buckley
0/0
The Cambridge Union Society debates the motion "Has the American Dream Been Achieved at the Expense of the American Negro?" on its 150th anniversary....
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Debate: Baldwin vs. Buckley
1970
King: A Filmed Record... Montgomery to Memphis
7.3/10
Constructed from a wealth of archival footage, the documentary follows Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. from 1955 to 1968, in his rise from regional activi...
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King: A Filmed Record... Montgomery to Memphis
2020
De Cabral a George Floyd: Onde Arde o Fogo Sagrado da Liberdade
0/0
Through clippings, the film draws a narrative line between the construction of racism in Brazil and the United States, having as base the European inv...
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De Cabral a George Floyd: Onde Arde o Fogo Sagrado da Liberdade
2017
The Madding Crowd
0/0
"A great many conundrums." An assemblage of found footage.
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The Madding Crowd
1971
Meeting the Man: James Baldwin in Paris
7.1/37
In 1970, a British film crew set out to make a straightforward literary portrait of James Baldwin set in Paris, insisting on setting aside his politic...
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Meeting the Man: James Baldwin in Paris
2018
Mr. SOUL!
7/3
On the heels of the Civil Rights Movement, one fearless black pioneer reconceived a Harlem Renaissance for a new era, ushering giants and rising stars...
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Mr. SOUL!
2017
I Am Not Your Negro
7.721/470
Working from the text of James Baldwin’s unfinished final novel, director Raoul Peck creates a meditation on what it means to be Black in the United S...
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I Am Not Your Negro
2021
i ran from it and was still in it
6/2
I ran from it and was still in it poetically interweaves personal family memories with original and found footage to offer a more complex portrait of...
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i ran from it and was still in it
2003
The James Baldwin Anthology
0/0
The James Baldwin Anthology consists of internationally known writer James Baldwin's historic speech at UC Berkeley in 1979, his answers in a dialogue...
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The James Baldwin Anthology
2018
Robert Penn Warren: A Vision
0/0
A documentary profile of 3-time Pulitzer winning author Robert Penn Warren, featuring Harold Bloom, David Blight, Natasha Trethewey, David Milch, Gabr...
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