Directed by Karen Thorsen • 1989 • United States
Starring James Baldwin, Maya Angelou, Amiri Baraka
An emotional portrait, a social critique, and a passionate plea for human equality, JAMES BALDWIN: THE PRICE OF THE TICKET eschews narration to allow the monumentally influential writer and activist to tell his own story, exploring what it means to be born Black, impoverished, gay, and gifted in a world that has yet to understand that “all men are brothers.” Intercutting rarely seen archival footage from over one hundred sources and nine different countries, the film melds intimate interviews and eloquent public speeches with revealing glimpses of the private Baldwin.
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Baldwin’s Nigger
Directed by Horace Ové • 1968 • United Kingdom
Starring James Baldwin, Dick GregoryIn this riveting short documentary by pioneering Trinidadian-British filmmaker Horace Ové, James Baldwin and comedian-activist Dick Gregory speak to a group of radical West Indian students in London about everyth...
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Meeting the Man: James Baldwin in Paris
Directed by Terence Dixon • 1970 • France, United Kingdom
Starring James Baldwin, Terence DixonIn 1970, a British film crew set out to make a straightforward literary portrait of James Baldwin set in Paris, insisting on setting aside his political activism. Baldwin bristled at their questions, ...
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James Baldwin: From Another Place
Directed by Sedat Pakay • 1973 • Turkey
Starring James BaldwinStrikingly shot on the streets of Istanbul, this portrait of the writer and thinker finds him discussing his work, sexuality, and complex feelings about the United States.
