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 Awardformerly known as the Beyond Margins Award in 2008 for Tales of the Out and the Gone.
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- Born:
- Oct 7, 1934 In Newark, New Jersey, USA
- Movie/TV Credits:
- 17
- First Appeared:
- In the movie 1 P.M. 1971-06-08
- Latest Project:
- Movie Ferlinghetti: A Rebirth of Wonder 2009-04-01
Known For
Filmography
| Movie | Ferlinghetti: A Rebirth of Wonder | Himself | 2009-04-01 |
| Movie | Obscene | Self | 2008-09-26 |
| Movie | Polis Is This: Charles Olson and the Persistence of Place | 2007-04-01 | |
| Movie | Return to Gorée | Self | 2007-10-27 |
| Movie | Hubert Selby Jr: It/ll Be Better Tomorrow | Self | 2006-06-22 |
| Movie | Cecil Taylor: All The Notes | Himself | 2005-01-01 |
| Movie | Sun Ra: Brother From Another Planet | Self | 2005-01-01 |
| Movie | Bulworth | Rastaman | 1998-05-15 |
| Movie | Scenes from Allen's Last Three Days on Earth as a Spirit | Himself (as LeRoy Jones-Baraka) | 1997-07-03 |
| Movie | James Baldwin: The Price of the Ticket | Self | 1989-08-14 |
| Movie | I Heard It Through the Grapevine | Self | 1982-03-03 |
| Movie | Poetry in Motion | self | 1982-09-17 |
| Movie | Death of a Prophet | 1981-01-01 | |
| Movie | Fried Shoes Cooked Diamonds | Self | 1979-10-01 |
| Movie | Black Theatre: The Making of a Movement | Self | 1978-12-31 |
| Movie | Nationtime | Self | 1972-11-01 |
| Movie | 1 P.M. | Self | 1971-06-08 |