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 Out and the Gone.
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Movie Appearances
Scenes from Allen's Last Three Days on Earth as a Spirit
as Self
1997
The Pact
as Self
2006
Obscene: A Portrait of Barney Rosset and Grove Press
as Self
2008
1 P.M.
as Self
1971
Hubert Selby Jr: It/ll Be Better Tomorrow
as Self
2006
Ferlinghetti: A Rebirth of Wonder
as Self
2009
Fried Shoes Cooked Diamonds
as Self
1979
I Heard It Through the Grapevine
as Self
1982
Sing! Fight! Sing! Fight! From LeRoi to Amiri
as Self
2024
Cecil Taylor: All The Notes
as Himself
2005
Polis Is This: Charles Olson and the Persistence of Place
2007
Return to Gorée
as Self
2007
Bulworth
as Rastaman
1998
In Motion: Amiri Baraka
as Himself
1983
Poetry in Motion
as Self
1982
Sun Ra: Brother From Another Planet
as Self
2005
The New-Ark
as Self
1969
Langston Hughes: The Dream Keeper
as Himself
1987
Death of a Prophet
1981
James Baldwin: The Price of the Ticket
as Self
1989
