James Baldwin
James Baldwin
Person

James Baldwin

Actor 1924-08-02 Harlem, New York, USA

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.

Known for

FILMOGRAPHY
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I Am Not Your Negro

I Am Not Your Negro

2017 · Self (archive footage)

Explained

Explained

2018 · Self (archive footage)

Public Speaking

Public Speaking

2011 · Self (archive footage)

Meeting the Man: James Baldwin in Paris

Meeting the Man: James Baldwin in Paris

1971 · Self

Louis Armstrong's Black & Blues

Louis Armstrong's Black & Blues

2022 · Self (archive footage)

Madonna: Madame X

Madonna: Madame X

2021 · Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

The New Yorker at 100

The New Yorker at 100

2025 · Self (archive footage)

The Dick Cavett Show

The Dick Cavett Show

1968 · Self - Guest

Bobby Kennedy for President

Bobby Kennedy for President

2018 · Self (archive footage)

The Statue of Liberty

The Statue of Liberty

1985 · Self - Writer

King: A Filmed Record... Montgomery to Memphis

King: A Filmed Record... Montgomery to Memphis

1970 · Self (archive footage)

Baldwin's Nigger

Baldwin's Nigger

1968 · Self

James Baldwin: From Another Place

James Baldwin: From Another Place

1973 · Self

James Baldwin: The Price of the Ticket

James Baldwin: The Price of the Ticket

1989 · Self (archive footage)

Off-White Tulips

Off-White Tulips

2013 · Self

Mr. SOUL!

Mr. SOUL!

2018 · Self (archive footage)

I Heard It Through the Grapevine

I Heard It Through the Grapevine

1982 · Movie

i ran from it and was still in it

i ran from it and was still in it

2021 · Self (voice) (archive footage)

World in Action

World in Action

1963 · TV

James Baldwin Abroad

James Baldwin Abroad

2023 · Self