James Baldwin

James Baldwin

Known for: Acting

Born: August 1, 1924 in Harlem, New York, USA - Died: November 30, 1987

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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James Baldwin Abroad

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James Baldwin Abroad

Self

2023 Documentary
Madonna: Madame X

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Madonna: Madame X

Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

2021 Music
Target: St. Louis Vol. 1

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Target: St. Louis Vol. 1

Self (archive footage)

2017 Documentary
Baldwin's Nigger

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Baldwin's Nigger

Self

1968 Documentary
James Baldwin: The Price of the Ticket

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James Baldwin: The Price of the Ticket

Self (archive footage)

1989 Documentary
Public Speaking

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Public Speaking

Self (archive footage)

2011 Documentary
Louis Armstrong's Black & Blues

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Louis Armstrong's Black & Blues

Self (archive footage)

2022 Documentary
Take This Hammer

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Take This Hammer

Self

1964 Documentary
I Heard It Through the Grapevine

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I Heard It Through the Grapevine

1982 Documentary
James Baldwin, A Stranger In The Village

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James Baldwin, A Stranger In The Village

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1962 Documentary
James Baldwin: From Another Place

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James Baldwin: From Another Place

Self

1972 Documentary
A Person Is More Important Than Anything Else

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A Person Is More Important Than Anything Else

Self (archive footage)

2013 Drama
The Statue of Liberty

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The Statue of Liberty

Self - Writer

1985 History
Debate: Baldwin vs. Buckley

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Debate: Baldwin vs. Buckley

Self

1965 History
De Cabral a George Floyd: Onde Arde o Fogo Sagrado da Liberdade

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De Cabral a George Floyd: Onde Arde o Fogo Sagrado da Liberdade

Self

2020 Documentary
The Madding Crowd

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The Madding Crowd

Self (archive footage)

2017 Drama
Meeting the Man: James Baldwin in Paris

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Meeting the Man: James Baldwin in Paris

Self

1971 Documentary
Mr. SOUL!

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Mr. SOUL!

Self (archive footage)

2018 Documentary
i ran from it and was still in it

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i ran from it and was still in it

Self (voice) (archive footage)

2021 Documentary
The James Baldwin Anthology

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The James Baldwin Anthology

2003 Documentary
Robert Penn Warren: A Vision

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Robert Penn Warren: A Vision

2018 Documentary
The Negro and the American Promise

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The Negro and the American Promise

1962 TV Movie
The Black Contribution: Literature and Theatre

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The Black Contribution: Literature and Theatre

Himself

1978 Documentary
The New Yorker at 100

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The New Yorker at 100

Self (archive footage)

2025 Documentary