James Baldwin
Date of birth: 1924-08-02
Place of birth: Harlem, New York, USA
Known for: Acting
Also known as:
Biography
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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James Baldwin Abroad
2023-02-03
Showcasing three short films by American writer James Baldwin, wherein he muses about race, sexualit
Madonna: Madame X
2021-09-23
Filmed in Lisbon, Portugal, the film captures the pop icon’s rare and rapturous tour performance, ha
Target: St. Louis Vol. 1
2018-01-01
TARGET ST. LOUIS Vol. 1© tells the story of how the United State Military conducted secret chemical
Baldwin's Nigger
1968-07-12
James Baldwin and Dick Gregory discuss the Civil Rights Movement in 1960s Great Britain.
James Baldwin: The Price of the Ticket
1989-08-14
James Baldwin was at once a major 20th century American author, a Civil Rights activist and, for two
Public Speaking
2011-02-23
Martin Scorsese’s portrait of writer and social commentator Fran Lebowitz, celebrated for her sharp
Louis Armstrong's Black & Blues
2022-09-08
Never-before-heard personal recordings and archival footage tell the story of Louis Armstrong's life
Take This Hammer
1964-02-04
Take This Hammer features KQED's mobile film unit following author and activist James Baldwin in the
I Heard It Through the Grapevine
1982-03-03
Renowned Black writer James Baldwin retraces his time in the South during the Civil Rights Movement,
James Baldwin, A Stranger In The Village
1962-10-11
James Baldwin, a stranger in a Swiss village in 1962, reflects on ordinary and universal racism.
James Baldwin: From Another Place
1973-01-01
In Istanbul, American writer James Baldwin muses about race, the American fascination with sexuality
A Person Is More Important Than Anything Else
2014-01-01
"A person is more important than anything else…," is driven by the cadence and intonation of James B
The Statue of Liberty
1985-10-26
For more than 100 years, the Statue of Liberty has been a symbol of hope and refuge for generations
Debate: Baldwin vs. Buckley
1965-06-12
The Cambridge Union Society debates the motion "Has the American Dream Been Achieved at the Expense
King: A Filmed Record... Montgomery to Memphis
1970-03-24
A presentation of key events in the life of civil rights activist Martin Luther King Jr. Beginning w
De Cabral a George Floyd: Onde Arde o Fogo Sagrado da Liberdade
2020-09-11
Through clippings, the film draws a narrative line between the construction of racism in Brazil and
The Madding Crowd
2017-02-01
"A great many conundrums." An assemblage of found footage.
Meeting the Man: James Baldwin in Paris
1971-05-05
In 1970, a British film crew set out to make a straightforward literary portrait of James Baldwin se
Mr. SOUL!
2018-04-27
On the heels of the Civil Rights Movement, one fearless black pioneer reconceived a Harlem Renaissan
i ran from it and was still in it
2021-01-28
I ran from it and was still in it poetically interweaves personal family memories with original and
The James Baldwin Anthology
2003-05-01
The James Baldwin Anthology consists of internationally known writer James Baldwin's historic speech
Robert Penn Warren: A Vision
2018-10-28
A documentary profile of 3-time Pulitzer winning author Robert Penn Warren, featuring Harold Bloom,
The Negro and the American Promise
1963-01-01
Dr. Martin Luther King, Malcolm X, and James Baldwin -- three of the most highly regarded civil righ
The Black Contribution: Literature and Theatre
1978-11-15
The Black Contribution – Literature and Theater 1978 is a rare documentary highlighting the voices a
The New Yorker at 100
2025-08-29
Hard-hitting journalism. Era-defining fiction. Witty cartoons. The New Yorker marks its 100th annive