Amiri Baraka Filmes
- 1981
Death of a Prophet
Death of a Prophet4.31981HD
After breaking ties with the Nation of Islam, Malcolm X became a man marked for death...and it was just a matter of time before his enemies closed...
- 1998
Bulworth
Bulworth6.31998HD
A suicidally disillusioned liberal politician puts a contract out on himself and takes the opportunity to be bluntly honest with his voters by...
- 1989
James Baldwin: The Price of the Ticket
James Baldwin: The Price of the Ticket1.51989HD
James Baldwin was at once a major 20th century American author, a Civil Rights activist and, for two crucial decades, a prophetic voice calling...
- 2005
Cecil Taylor: All The Notes
Cecil Taylor: All The Notes02005HD
Cecil Taylor was the grand master of free jazz piano. "All the Notes" captures in breezy fashion the unconventional stance of this media-shy modern...
- 2007
Polis Is This: Charles Olson and the Persistence of Place
Polis Is This: Charles Olson and the Persistence of Place02007HD
Documentary about Charles Olson, exploring his life and the significance of Gloucester, Massachusetts.
- 1979
Fried Shoes Cooked Diamonds
Fried Shoes Cooked Diamonds6.51979HD
After World War II a group of young writers, outsiders and friends who were disillusioned by the pursuit of the American dream met in New York City....
- 1978
Black Theatre: The Making of a Movement
Black Theatre: The Making of a Movement01978HD
This documentary explores the growth and development of black theatre from its earliest roots, also examining its close ties with the civil rights...
- 1970
The Dutchman
The Dutchman01970HD
Set on a New York subway, The Dutchman centers on an encounter between a well-to-do Black man and an enchanting white woman who match wits in a...
- 1997
Scenes from Allen's Last Three Days on Earth as a Spirit
Scenes from Allen's Last Three Days on Earth as a Spirit5.21997HD
This is a video record of the Buddhist Wake ceremony at Allen Ginsberg's apartment. You see Allen, now asleep forever, in his bed; some of his close...
- 2024
Sing! Fight! Sing! Fight! From LeRoi to Amiri
Sing! Fight! Sing! Fight! From LeRoi to Amiri02024HD
The story of how Everett Leroy Jones became Amiri Baraka, from his childhood to the mid '60s, is told through interviews recorded in the late '90s.
- 1983
In Motion: Amiri Baraka
In Motion: Amiri Baraka01983HD
This video portrait, filmed in the days leading up to Amiri Baraka’s appeal of his 90-day sentence for resisting arrest following an argument...
- 1970
Black Journal: 23; New-Ark
Black Journal: 23; New-Ark01970HD
A short documentary subject made for National Educational Television's Black Journal television program documenting a political rally in Newark, the...
- 1982
Poetry in Motion
Poetry in Motion71982HD
More than 20 contemporary North American poets recite, sing, and perform their work. Early in the film, Charles Bukowski talks about the energy of...
- 2007
Turn Me On
Turn Me On02007HD
Out of the underground archives and the emblematic figures of these avant-garde movements, featuring Steve Ben Israel of the Living Theater, the...
- 1972
Nationtime
Nationtime01972HD
A report on the National Black Political Convention held in Gary, Indiana, in 1972, a historic event that gathered Black voices from across the...
- 1971
1 P.M.
1 P.M.5.81971HD
Lighter and livelier than the films Jean-Luc Godard had made in France, his U.S. collaboration with Direct Cinema documentarian D. A. Pennebaker was...
- 1966
Dutchman
Dutchman4.61966HD
A young conservative black man, minding his own business, rides a nearly empty subway car. The only other passenger, a blonde vixen looking for...
- 2009
Ferlinghetti: A Rebirth of Wonder
Ferlinghetti: A Rebirth of Wonder52009HD
The poet and painter, Lawrence Ferlinghetti, is among the world's living monuments to arts and letters. For well over a half century, Ferlinghetti...
- 1982
I Heard It Through the Grapevine
I Heard It Through the Grapevine01982HD
Renowned Black writer James Baldwin retraces his time in the South during the Civil Rights Movement, reflecting with his trademark brilliance and...
- 2008
Obscene
Obscene52008HD
A look at the life and work of American publisher Barney Rosset, who struggled to bring controversial works like "Tropic of Cancer" and "Naked Lunch"...