James Baldwin Movies

  • 2014
    A Person Is More Important Than Anything Else

    A Person Is More Important Than Anything Else

    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...

    A Person Is More Important Than Anything Else
  • 2018
    Target: St. Louis Vol. 1

    Target: St. Louis Vol. 1

    Target: St. Louis Vol. 1

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    TARGET ST. LOUIS Vol. 1© tells the story of how the United State Military conducted secret chemical testing on citizens of St. Louis's...

    Target: St. Louis Vol. 1
  • 1982
    I Heard It Through the Grapevine

    I Heard It Through the Grapevine

    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...

    I Heard It Through the Grapevine
  • 1964
    Take This Hammer

    Take This Hammer

    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...

    Take This Hammer
  • 1973
    James Baldwin: From Another Place

    James Baldwin: From Another Place

    James Baldwin: From Another Place

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    In Istanbul, American writer James Baldwin muses about race, the American fascination with sexuality, insights into his interrupted writing decade in...

    James Baldwin: From Another Place
  • 2021
    i ran from it and was still in it

    i ran from it and was still in it

    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...

    i ran from it and was still in it
  • 2018
    Robert Penn Warren: A Vision

    Robert Penn Warren: A Vision

    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,...

    Robert Penn Warren: A Vision
  • 2003
    The James Baldwin Anthology

    The James Baldwin Anthology

    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...

    The James Baldwin Anthology
  • 1965
    Debate: Baldwin vs. Buckley

    Debate: Baldwin vs. Buckley

    Debate: Baldwin vs. Buckley

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    The Cambridge Union Society debates the motion "Has the American Dream Been Achieved at the Expense of the American Negro?" on its 150th anniversary....

    Debate: Baldwin vs. Buckley