Movies:

  • 2023
    James Baldwin Abroad

    James Baldwin Abroad (2023)

    James Baldwin Abroad

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    Showcasing three short films by American writer James Baldwin, wherein he muses about race, sexuality and civil rights, among other topics, in Istanbul, Paris and Great Britain....

    James Baldwin Abroad
  • 2022
    Brother, Where Are You?

    Brother, Where Are You? (2022)

    Brother, Where Are You?

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    Two brothers, separated by time and prison bars, reestablish contact. Inspired by James Baldwin's short story, 'Sonny's Blues.'...

    Brother, Where Are You?
  • 1982
    I Heard It Through the Grapevine

    I Heard It Through the Grapevine (1982)

    I Heard It Through the Grapevine

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    Renowned Black writer James Baldwin retraces his time in the South during the Civil Rights Movement, reflecting with his trademark brilliance and insight on the passage of more than two decades. From Selma and Birmingham and Atlanta; to the battlegro...

    I Heard It Through the Grapevine
  • 1962
    James Baldwin, A Stranger In The Village

    James Baldwin, A Stranger In The Village (1962)

    James Baldwin, A Stranger In The Village

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

    James Baldwin, A Stranger In The Village
  • 2003
    The James Baldwin Anthology

    The James Baldwin Anthology (2003)

    The James Baldwin Anthology

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    The James Baldwin Anthology consists of internationally known writer James Baldwin's historic speech at UC Berkeley in 1979, his answers in a dialogue with Malcom X in the ’60s, and series of original mixed media images done by Claire Burch as a memo...

    The James Baldwin Anthology
  • 2014
    A Person Is More Important Than Anything Else

    A Person Is More Important Than Anything Else (2014)

    A Person Is More Important Than Anything Else

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    "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 whose delivery was almost as forceful as his ideas. Artist Hank Willis Thomas weaves various audio, im...

    A Person Is More Important Than Anything Else
  • 1964
    Take This Hammer

    Take This Hammer (1964)

    Take This Hammer

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    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 Francisco to meet with members of the local African American community....

    Take This Hammer
  • 2018
    Robert Penn Warren: A Vision

    Robert Penn Warren: A Vision (2018)

    Robert Penn Warren: A Vision

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    A documentary profile of 3-time Pulitzer winning author Robert Penn Warren, featuring Harold Bloom, David Blight, Natasha Trethewey, David Milch, Gabriel Warren and Rosanna Warren....

    Robert Penn Warren: A Vision
  • 2021
    i ran from it and was still in it

    i ran from it and was still in it (2021)

    i ran from it and was still in it

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    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 familial loss and separation. Kae wades through deep emotions surrounding the death of his father an...

    i ran from it and was still in it