Amiri Baraka
Amiri Baraka (born Everett LeRoi Jones October 7, 1934), formerly known as LeRoi Jones and Imamu Amear Baraka, is an African-American writer of poetry, drama, fiction, essays, and music criticism. He is the author of numerous books of poetry and has taught at a number of universities, including the State University of New York at Buffalo and the State University of New York at Stony Brook. He received the PEN Open Book Award, formerly known as the Beyond Margins Award, in 2008 for Tales of the Out and the Gone.
Filmography (31 titles)
8.0Moviecastelporziano ostia dei poeti
Self - poet · 2025
Sing! Fight! Sing! Fight! From LeRoi to Amiri
Self · 2024
5.0MovieFerlinghetti: A Rebirth of Wonder
Self · 2009
4.4MovieObscene: A Portrait of Barney Rosset and Grove Press
Self · 2008
MovieNew York Agora: The Legacy of the 60s Counterculture
Himself · 2008
9.0MovieReturn to Gorée
Self · 2007
MovieTurn Me On
Self · 2007
Polis Is This: Charles Olson and the Persistence of Place
2007
MoviePoets at the Living Theater
Self · 2006
6.9MovieHubert Selby Jr: It/ll Be Better Tomorrow
Self · 2006
MovieThe Pact
Self · 2006
MovieCecil Taylor: All The Notes
Himself · 2005
Sun Ra: Brother From Another Planet
Self · 2005
6.3MovieBulworth
Rastaman · 1998
5.2MovieScenes from Allen's Last Three Days on Earth as a Spirit
Self · 1997
6.5MovieW.E.B. DuBois: A Biography in Four Voices
Self · 1996
7.8ShowER
Reid · 1994
3.0MovieJames Baldwin: The Price of the Ticket
Self · 1989
MovieLangston Hughes: The Dream Keeper
Himself · 1987
In Motion: Amiri Baraka
Himself · 1983
MovieSpeaking in Tongues
1982
8.0MoviePoetry in Motion
Self · 1982
6.5MovieI Heard It Through the Grapevine
Self · 1982
4.5MovieDeath of a Prophet
1981
Fried Shoes Cooked Diamonds
Self · 1979
9.0MovieBlack Theatre: The Making of a Movement
Self · 1978
8.0MovieNationtime: Gary
Self · 1972
6.2Movie1 P.M.
Self · 1971
6.1ShowGreat Performances
Self · 1971
Black Journal: 23; New-Ark
Self · 1970