Amiri Baraka

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Amiri Baraka

Writing October 7, 1934

Newark, New Jersey, USA

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…

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ER

ER

7.8 1994 TV Show
Great Performances

Great Performances

6.1 1971 TV Show
Bulworth

Bulworth

6.3 1998 Movie
The Dutchman

The Dutchman

5.2 2026 Movie
Death of a Prophet

Death of a Prophet

4.8 1981 Movie
Nationtime: Gary

Nationtime: Gary

8.0 1972 Movie
Dutchman

Dutchman

4.8 1966 Movie
Hubert Selby Jr: It/ll Be Better Tomorrow

Hubert Selby Jr: It/ll Be Better Tomorrow

6.9 2006 Movie
Obscene: A Portrait of Barney Rosset and Grove Press

Obscene: A Portrait of Barney Rosset and Grove Press

5.0 2008 Movie
1 P.M.

1 P.M.

6.2 1971 Movie
Ferlinghetti: A Rebirth of Wonder

Ferlinghetti: A Rebirth of Wonder

5.0 2009 Movie
James Baldwin: The Price of the Ticket

James Baldwin: The Price of the Ticket

3.0 1989 Movie

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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.

Filmography

Movies and shows, newest first

  1. 2026
    The Dutchman

    Movie Original Story

  2. 2025
    castelporziano ostia dei poeti

    Movie Self - poet

  3. 2024
    Sing! Fight! Sing! Fight! From LeRoi to Amiri

    Movie Self

  4. 2009
    Ferlinghetti: A Rebirth of Wonder

    Movie Self

  5. 2008
    Obscene: A Portrait of Barney Rosset and Grove Press

    Movie Self

  6. 2008
    New York Agora: The Legacy of the 60s Counterculture

    Movie Himself

  7. 2007
    Return to Gorée

    Movie Self

  8. 2007
    Turn Me On

    Movie Self

  9. 2007
    Polis Is This: Charles Olson and the Persistence of Place

    Movie

  10. 2006
    Poets at the Living Theater

    Movie Self

  11. 2006
    Hubert Selby Jr: It/ll Be Better Tomorrow

    Movie Self

  12. 2006
    The Pact

    Movie Self

  13. 2005
    Cecil Taylor: All The Notes

    Movie Himself

  14. 2005
    Sun Ra: Brother From Another Planet

    Movie Self

  15. 1998
    Bulworth

    Movie Rastaman

  16. 1997
    Scenes from Allen's Last Three Days on Earth as a Spirit

    Movie Self

More credits
  1. 1996
    W.E.B. DuBois: A Biography in Four Voices

    Movie Self

  2. 1994
    ER

    TV show Reid

  3. 1989
    James Baldwin: The Price of the Ticket

    Movie Self

  4. 1987
    Langston Hughes: The Dream Keeper

    Movie Himself

  5. 1983
    In Motion: Amiri Baraka

    Movie Himself

  6. 1982
    Speaking in Tongues

    Movie

  7. 1982
    Poetry in Motion

    Movie Self

  8. 1982
    I Heard It Through the Grapevine

    Movie Self

  9. 1981
    Death of a Prophet

    Movie

  10. 1979
    Fried Shoes Cooked Diamonds

    Movie Self

  11. 1978
    Black Theatre: The Making of a Movement

    Movie Self

  12. 1973
    Medea

    Movie Writer

  13. 1972
    Nationtime: Gary

    Movie Self

  14. 1971
    1 P.M.

    Movie Self

  15. 1971
    A Fable

    Movie Theatre Play

  16. 1971
    Great Performances

    TV show Self

  17. 1970
    Black Journal: 23; New-Ark

    Movie Self

  18. 1969
    The New-Ark

    Movie Self

  19. 1967
    Black Spring

    Movie Director

  20. 1966
    Dutchman

    Movie Writer

  21. 1966
    Cellar Vigil

    Movie Director