- Known For
- Writing
- Born
- October 7, 1934
- Place of Birth
- Newark, New Jersey, USA
- Died
- January 9, 2014
Amiri Baraka
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.
Filmography
movieThe Dutchman
2026 · Original Story, Theatre Play
moviecastelporziano ostia dei poeti
2025 · Self - poet
Sing! Fight! Sing! Fight! From LeRoi to Amiri
movieSing! Fight! Sing! Fight! From LeRoi to Amiri
2024 · Self
movieFerlinghetti: A Rebirth of Wonder
2009 · Self
movieObscene: A Portrait of Barney Rosset and Grove Press
2008 · Self
movieNew York Agora: The Legacy of the 60s Counterculture
2008 · Himself
movieReturn to Gorée
2007 · Self
movieTurn Me On
2007 · Self
Polis Is This: Charles Olson and the Persistence of Place
moviePolis Is This: Charles Olson and the Persistence of Place
2007
moviePoets at the Living Theater
2006 · Self
movieHubert Selby Jr: It/ll Be Better Tomorrow
2006 · Self
movieThe Pact
2006 · Self
movieCecil Taylor: All The Notes
2005 · Himself
Sun Ra: Brother From Another Planet
movieSun Ra: Brother From Another Planet
2005 · Self
movieBulworth
1998 · Rastaman
movieScenes from Allen's Last Three Days on Earth as a Spirit
1997 · Self
movieW.E.B. DuBois: A Biography in Four Voices
1996 · Self, Writer
tvER
1994 · Reid
movieJames Baldwin: The Price of the Ticket
1989 · Self
movieLangston Hughes: The Dream Keeper
1987 · Himself
In Motion: Amiri Baraka
movieIn Motion: Amiri Baraka
1983 · Himself
movieSpeaking in Tongues
1982
moviePoetry in Motion
1982 · Self
movieI Heard It Through the Grapevine
1982 · Self
movieDeath of a Prophet
1981
Fried Shoes Cooked Diamonds
movieFried Shoes Cooked Diamonds
1979 · Self
movieBlack Theatre: The Making of a Movement
1978 · Self
movieMedea
1973 · Writer
movieNationtime: Gary
1972 · Self, Writer
movie1 P.M.
1971 · Self
movieA Fable
1971 · Screenplay, Theatre Play
tvGreat Performances
1971 · Self
Black Journal: 23; New-Ark
movieBlack Journal: 23; New-Ark
1970 · Self
movieThe New-Ark
1969 · Self, Writer, Director
Black Spring
movieBlack Spring
1967 · Director
movieDutchman
1966 · Writer, Theatre Play
Cellar Vigil
movieCellar Vigil
1966 · Director