James Baldwin: The Price of the Ticket

3.0 1989 87 min
Documentary TV Movie

James Baldwin was at once a major 20th century American author, a Civil Rights activist and, for two crucial decades, a prophetic voice calling Americans, black and white, to confront their shared racial tragedy.

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Director
Karen Thorsen
Writers
Karen Thorsen, Douglas K. Dempsey

Cast

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James Baldwin Self (archive footage)
Maya Angelou Self
Amiri Baraka Self
David Baldwin Self
David Leeming Self
Lucien Happersberger Self
Bernard Hassel Self
William Cole Self
Ishmael Reed Self
William Styron Self
Engin Cezzar Self
Yashar Kemal Self
James Briggs Murray Self
Frances Foster Self
Bobby Short Self
Cynthia Packard Self
Alexa Birdsong Self

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