Amiri Baraka
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 O…
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Filmography
Acting (31)
Movies (29)
castelporziano ostia dei poeti
2025as Self - poet
Sing! Fight! Sing! Fight! From LeRoi to Amiri
2024as Self
Ferlinghetti: A Rebirth of Wonder
2009as Self
New York Agora: The Legacy of the 60s Counterculture
2008as Himself
Obscene: A Portrait of Barney Rosset and Grove Press
2008as Self
Polis Is This: Charles Olson and the Persistence of Place
2007
Return to Gorée
2007as Self
Turn Me On
2007as Self
Poets at the Living Theater
2006as Self
The Pact
2006as Self
Hubert Selby Jr: It/ll Be Better Tomorrow
2006as Self
Cecil Taylor: All The Notes
2005as Himself
Sun Ra: Brother From Another Planet
2005as Self
Bulworth
1998as Rastaman
Scenes from Allen's Last Three Days on Earth as a Spirit
1997as Self
W.E.B. DuBois: A Biography in Four Voices
1996as Self
James Baldwin: The Price of the Ticket
1989as Self
Langston Hughes: The Dream Keeper
1987as Himself
In Motion: Amiri Baraka
1983as Himself
Poetry in Motion
1982as Self
Speaking in Tongues
1982
I Heard It Through the Grapevine
1982as Self
Death of a Prophet
1981 Fried Shoes Cooked Diamonds
1979as Self
Black Theatre: The Making of a Movement
1978as Self
Nationtime
1972as Self
1 P.M.
1971as Self
Black Journal: 23; New-Ark
1970as Self
The New-Ark
1969as Self
Television (2)
Crew (13)
Movies (13)
The Dutchman
2026Original Story
The Dutchman
2026Theatre Play
W.E.B. DuBois: A Biography in Four Voices
1996Writer
Medea
1973Writer
Nationtime
1972Writer
A Fable
1971Screenplay
A Fable
1971Theatre Play
The New-Ark
1969Director
The New-Ark
1969Writer
Black Spring
1967Director
Dutchman
1966Theatre Play
Dutchman
1966Writer
Cellar Vigil
1966Director
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