Amiri Baraka

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Known For

Bulworth Rastaman

(1998)

Dutchman Writer

(1966)

A Fable Writer

(1971)

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

(1996)

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Writer (9 credits)

2007 Something in the Way of Things (Short) (poem)

2007 The Toilet (Short)

1996 W.E.B. DuBois: A Biography in Four Voices (Documentary)

1995 United States of Poetry (TV Mini-Series documentary) (poem)

1973 Madea (Short) (as Leroy Jones)

1971 A Fable (play - as LeRoy Jones) / (screenplay - as LeRoy Jones)

1968 Nigger (TV Movie) (novel)

1966 Dutchman (play - as LeRoi Jones) / (screenplay - as LeRoi Jones)

1966 Uhatut (TV Movie) (play "Dutchman" - as LeRoi Jones)

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Actor (1 credit)

1998 Bulworth
Rastaman

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Thanks (1 credit)

2012 On the Road (thanks)

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Self (52 credits)

Outrider (Documentary) (filming)
Himself

2021 Dutchman Revisited (Documentary) (post-production)
Himself

2005-2013 Independent Lens (TV Series documentary)
Himself

- The Powerbroker: Whitney Young's Fight for Civil Rights (2013) ... Himself

- Race Is the Place (2005) ... Himself

2011 Democracy Now! (TV Series)
Himself

- Episode dated 19 May 2011 (2011) ... Himself

2011 The Nature of Existence Companion Series (Video documentary)
Himself

2010 No Justice, No Peace: A Sharp Talk Special (TV Movie documentary)
Himself

2010 Motherland (Documentary)
Himself

2010 Blacking Up: Hip-Hop's Remix of Race and Identity (TV Movie documentary)
Himself

2010 William S. Burroughs: A Man Within (Documentary)
Himself

2009 Corso: The Last Beat (Documentary)

2009 Ferlinghetti: A Rebirth of Wonder (Documentary)
Himself

2009 The Nature of Existence (Documentary)
Himself

2008 New York Agora: The Legacy of the 60s Counterculture (Documentary)

2007 Return to Gorée (Documentary)
Himself

2007 Obscene (Documentary)
Himself

2007 Turn Me On (TV Movie documentary)
Himself

2007 Revolution '67 (Documentary)
Himself

2007 Polis Is This: Charles Olson and the Persistence of Place (Documentary)

2006 Literature Alive (TV Series documentary)
Himself

- Creation Fire: Part 2 (2006) ... Himself

2006 Breaking the Rules (Documentary)
Himself

2006 The Pact (Documentary)
Himself

2005 Hubert Selby Jr: It/ll Be Better Tomorrow (Documentary)
Himself

2005 The Ballad of Greenwich Village (Documentary)
Himself

2005 Letter to the President (Video documentary)
Himself - Poet / Activist

2004 The First Amendment Project: Poetic License (TV Movie documentary)
Himself - interviewee

2004 Chisholm '72: Unbought & Unbossed (Documentary)
Himself

2003 Keeping Time: The Life, Music & Photography of Milt Hinton (Documentary)
Himself

2002 Def Poetry (TV Series documentary)
Himself

- Episode #1.4 (2002) ... Himself

2002 Hughes' Dream Harlem (TV Movie documentary)
Himself

2002 Strange Fruit (Documentary)
Himself, poet and playwright

1989-2002 American Masters (TV Series documentary)
Himself

- Ralph Ellison: An American Journey (2002) ... Himself

- James Baldwin: The Price of the Ticket (1989) ... Himself

2001 Piñero
Himself

1999 The Source: The Story of the Beats and the Beat Generation (Documentary)
Himself

1998 Furious Flower: A Video Anthology of African American Poetry 1960-95 (Video documentary)
Himself (Volume II: Warriors)

1997 Great Performances (TV Series)
Himself

- The Story of Gospel Music (1997) ... Himself

1995 The Tonight Show with Jay Leno (TV Series)
Himself

- Episode #4.52 (1995) ... Himself

1995 United States of Poetry (TV Mini-Series documentary)
Himself

1988 The Beat Generation: An American Dream (Documentary)
Himself

1982 Poetry in Motion (Documentary)
Himself

1981 Death of a Prophet (TV Movie)
Himself

1980 Castelporziano, ostia dei poeti (TV Movie documentary)
Himself (as LeRoi Jones)

1979 Fried Shoes Cooked Diamonds (Documentary)
Himself

1978 Black Theatre: The Making of a Movement (Documentary)
Himself

1977 All You Need Is Love (TV Series documentary)
Himself

- God's Children: The Beginnings (1977) ... Himself (as Amiri Baraka [LeRoi Jones])

1971 Black Journal (TV Series)
Himself

- Episode dated 21 December 1971 (1971) ... Himself (as Imamu Amiri Baraka)

1971 Review (TV Series documentary)
Himself

- Review in the USA (1971) ... Himself (as LeRoi Jones)

1971 1 P.M. (Documentary)

1971 Schwarz mit Haut und Haaren (TV Movie documentary)
Himself (as LeRoi Jones)

1970 Aspekte (TV Series documentary)
Himself

- Episode dated 4 August 1970 (1970) ... Himself (as LeRoi Jones)

1970 The David Frost Show (TV Series)
Himself

- Episode #2.128 (1970) ... Himself (as LeRoi Jones)

- Episode #2.91 (1970) ... Himself (as LeRoi Jones)

1969 The Fall (Documentary)
Himself

1965-1969 The Merv Griffin Show (TV Series)
Himself

- John Hartford, Robert Klein, Henry Morgan, Muhammad Ali, Madeline Kahn, Laurie Rogers, Leroi Jones (1969) ... Himself (as LeRoi Jones)

- Le Roi Jones, Johnny Desmond, George Carlin, David Burns (1965) ... Himself (as LeRoi Jones)

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Archive footage (2 credits)

2014 Democracy Now! (TV Series)
Himself

- Episode dated 10 January 2014 (2014) ... Himself

2005 500 Years Later (Documentary)
Himself - Poet and Activist

Personal Details

Other Works:

(1966 to 1967 season) His play, "The Dutchman," and John Hawkes' play, "The Questions" were performed at the Trinity Repertory Company Theatre in Providence, Rhode Island with Richard Kneeland and Pamela Payton-Wright in the cast. Adrian Hall was director. Lynn Pecktal was set designer. John Lehrmeyer was costume designer. ... See more »