• Director

    Karen Thorsen

  • With

    Maya Angelou, William Styron, Amiri Baraka

  • USA 1989. 86min

  • 16mm

  • Certificate

    PG

This award-winning documentary features rarely seen archival footage and reportage of Baldwin’s funeral in 1987 alongside intimate and revealing interviews with friends, admirers, critics and family members. Excerpts from some of Baldwin’s public speeches present him at his most fearsome and prophetic – his words no less urgent today.

+ James Baldwin: From Another Place

Turkey 1973. Director Sedat Pakay. 13min. Digital

A snapshot of Baldwin in Istanbul, as he reflects on his life and sexuality.

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