James Baldwin

James Baldwin

1924-08-02 – 1987-12-01 (age 63) Harlem, New York, USA
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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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Known For

Public Speaking
Public Speaking

2011

as Self (archive footage)

King: A Filmed Record... Montgomery to Memphis
Louis Armstrong's Black & Blues
Louis Armstrong's Black & Blues

2022

as Self (archive footage)

The New Yorker at 100
The New Yorker at 100

2025

as Self (archive footage)

Madonna: Madame X
Madonna: Madame X

2021

as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

Mr. SOUL!
Mr. SOUL!

2018

as Self (archive footage)

James Baldwin Abroad
The Madding Crowd
The Madding Crowd

2017

as Self (archive footage)

The Statue of Liberty
The Statue of Liberty

1985

as Self - Writer

Baldwin's Nigger
Baldwin's Nigger

1968

as Self

Target: St. Louis Vol. 1
Target: St. Louis Vol. 1

2018

as Self (archive footage)

James Baldwin: The Price of the Ticket
James Baldwin: The Price of the Ticket

1989

as Self (archive footage)

Debate: Baldwin vs. Buckley