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Amiri Baraka

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Age

91

Movies

29

TV

2

Born: October 7, 1934 – January 9, 2014
From: Newark, New Jersey, USA

Biography

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.

Works

29 films

Bulworth

Bulworth

19986.3

Nationtime: Gary

Nationtime: Gary

19728.0

The Pact

The Pact

2006

W.E.B. DuBois: A Biography in Four Voices

W.E.B. DuBois: A Biography in Four Voices

19966.5

Return to Gorée

Return to Gorée

20079.0

Hubert Selby Jr: It/ll Be Better Tomorrow

Hubert Selby Jr: It/ll Be Better Tomorrow

20066.9

Death of a Prophet

Death of a Prophet

19814.5

Ferlinghetti: A Rebirth of Wonder

Ferlinghetti: A Rebirth of Wonder

20095.0

Obscene: A Portrait of Barney Rosset and Grove Press

Obscene: A Portrait of Barney Rosset and Grove Press

20084.4

I Heard It Through the Grapevine

I Heard It Through the Grapevine

19827.0

Cecil Taylor: All The Notes

Cecil Taylor: All The Notes

2005

In Motion: Amiri Baraka

In Motion: Amiri Baraka

1983

Fried Shoes Cooked Diamonds

Fried Shoes Cooked Diamonds

19797.7

The New-Ark

The New-Ark

1969

castelporziano ostia dei poeti

castelporziano ostia dei poeti

20258.0

Speaking in Tongues

Speaking in Tongues

1982

Black Theatre: The Making of a Movement

Black Theatre: The Making of a Movement

19789.0

Langston Hughes: The Dream Keeper

Langston Hughes: The Dream Keeper

1987

Poetry in Motion

Poetry in Motion

19828.0

Poets at the Living Theater

Poets at the Living Theater

2006

1 P.M.

1 P.M.

19716.2

James Baldwin: The Price of the Ticket

James Baldwin: The Price of the Ticket

19893.0

Black Journal: 23; New-Ark

Black Journal: 23; New-Ark

1970

Polis Is This: Charles Olson and the Persistence of Place

Polis Is This: Charles Olson and the Persistence of Place

2007

Sing! Fight! Sing! Fight! From LeRoi to Amiri

Sing! Fight! Sing! Fight! From LeRoi to Amiri

2024

Turn Me On

Turn Me On

2007

Scenes from Allen's Last Three Days on Earth as a Spirit

Scenes from Allen's Last Three Days on Earth as a Spirit

19975.2

Sun Ra: Brother From Another Planet

Sun Ra: Brother From Another Planet

20058.0

New York Agora: The Legacy of the 60s Counterculture

New York Agora: The Legacy of the 60s Counterculture

2008