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.