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Amiri Baraka

Amiri Baraka

Actor, Writer

Born October 7, 1934 in Newark, New Jersey, USA

Died January 9, 2014

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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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Motherland | Official Trailer

Polis Is This - Theatrical Trailer

Filmography

Actor

63

Type

Year

Outrider Poster

Outrider Documentary2025Self

Going to Mars: The Nikki Giovanni Project Poster

Going to Mars: The Nikki Giovanni Project Documentary2023Self

Louis Armstrong's Black & Blues Poster

Louis Armstrong's Black & Blues Feature Film2022

Dutchman Revisited Poster

Dutchman Revisited Documentary2021Self

Why Is We Americans? Poster

Why Is We Americans? Documentary2020Self

Mr. Soul! Poster

Mr. Soul! Documentary2018Self

The Long Shadow Poster

The Long Shadow Documentary2017Self

The Nature of Existence Companion Series Poster

The Nature of Existence Companion Series Documentary2011Self

Blacking Up: Hip-Hop's Remix of Race and Identity Poster

Blacking Up: Hip-Hop's Remix of Race and Identity Documentary2010Self

Motherland Poster

Motherland Documentary2010Self

No Justice, No Peace: A Sharp Talk Special Documentary2010Self

William S. Burroughs: A Man Within Poster

William S. Burroughs: A Man Within Documentary2010Self

Corso: The Last Beat Poster

Corso: The Last Beat Documentary2009

Ferlinghetti: A Rebirth of Wonder Poster

Ferlinghetti: A Rebirth of Wonder Documentary2009Self

The Nature of Existence Poster

The Nature of Existence Documentary2009Self

New York Agora: The Legacy of the 60s Counterculture Poster

New York Agora: The Legacy of the 60s Counterculture Documentary2008

Obscene Documentary2007Self

Polis Is This: Charles Olson and the Persistence of Place Documentary2007

Return to Gorée Poster

Return to Gorée Documentary2007Self

Revolution '67 Poster

Revolution '67 Documentary2007Self

Turn Me On Poster

Turn Me On Documentary2007Self

Breaking the Rules Poster

Breaking the Rules Documentary2006Self

The Pact Poster

The Pact Documentary2006Self

500 Years Later Poster

500 Years Later Documentary2005Self - Poet and Activist

Hubert Selby Jr: It/ll Be Better Tomorrow Poster

Hubert Selby Jr: It/ll Be Better Tomorrow Documentary2005Self

Letter to the President Poster

Letter to the President Documentary2005Self - Poet

Literature Alive TV Series2005Self

The Ballad of Greenwich Village Poster

The Ballad of Greenwich Village Documentary2005Self

Chisholm '72 Poster

Chisholm '72 Documentary2004Self

The First Amendment Project: Poetic License Documentary2004Self - Interviewee

Keeping Time: The Life, Music & Photography of Milt Hinton Documentary2003Self

Def Poetry Poster

Def Poetry TV Series2002Self

Hughes' Dream Harlem Poster

Hughes' Dream Harlem Documentary2002Self

Strange Fruit Poster

Strange Fruit Documentary2002Self - poet and playwright

Democracy Now! Poster

Democracy Now! TV Series2001Self

Piñero Feature Film2001Self

Independent Lens Poster

Independent Lens TV Series1999Self

The Source Poster

The Source Documentary1999Self

Bulworth Poster

Bulworth Feature Film1998Rastaman

Furious Flower: A Video Anthology of African American Poetry 1960-95 Documentary1998Self

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

W.E.B. DuBois: A Biography in Four Voices Documentary1996Self

United States of Poetry Poster

United States of Poetry Mini-Series1995Self

The Tonight Show with Jay Leno Poster

The Tonight Show with Jay Leno TV Series1992Self

The Beat Generation: An American Dream Poster

The Beat Generation: An American Dream Documentary1988Self

Eyes on the Prize III: We Who Believe in Freedom Cannot Rest Poster

Eyes on the Prize III: We Who Believe in Freedom Cannot Rest TV Series1987Self

American Masters Poster

American Masters TV Series1985Self

Poetry in Motion Poster

Poetry in Motion Documentary1982Self

Death of a Prophet Poster

Death of a Prophet TV Movie1981Self

Castelporziano, ostia dei poeti Poster

Castelporziano, ostia dei poeti Documentary1980Self

Fried Shoes Cooked Diamonds Poster

Fried Shoes Cooked Diamonds Documentary1979Self

Black Theatre: The Making of a Movement Poster

Black Theatre: The Making of a Movement Documentary1978Self

All You Need Is Love Poster

All You Need Is Love TV Series1977Self

Nationtime Poster

Nationtime Documentary1972Self

1 P.M. Documentary1971

Great Performances Poster

Great Performances TV Series1971Self

Schwarz mit Haut und Haaren Documentary1971Self

Like It Is Poster

Like It Is TV Series1970Self

Review TV Series1969Self

The David Frost Show Poster

The David Frost Show TV Series1969Self

The Fall Poster

The Fall Documentary1969Self

Black Journal Poster

Black Journal TV Series1968Self

Aspekte TV Series1965Self

The Merv Griffin Show Poster

The Merv Griffin Show TV Series1962Self

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The Dutchman Poster

The Dutchman Feature Film2025

Something in the Way of Things Short Film2007

The Toilet Poster

The Toilet Short Film2007

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

W.E.B. DuBois: A Biography in Four Voices Documentary1996

United States of Poetry Poster

United States of Poetry Mini-Series1995

Madea Short Film1973

Nationtime Poster

Nationtime Documentary1972

A Fable Feature Film1971

Nigger TV Movie1968

Dutchman Poster

Dutchman Feature Film1966

Uhatut TV Movie1966

Modernes Theater auf kleinen Bühnen TV Series1964

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On the Road Poster

On the Road Feature Film2012

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