Amiri Baraka
Actor
Biography
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.
As Director
Filmography
Bulworth
as Rastaman 1998
Death of a Prophet
1981
1 P.M.
as Self 1971
Hubert Selby Jr: It/ll Be Better Tomorrow
as Self 2006
Obscene: A Portrait of Barney Rosset and Grove Press
as Self 2008
Ferlinghetti: A Rebirth of Wonder
as Self 2009
James Baldwin: The Price of the Ticket
as Self 1989
Scenes from Allen's Last Three Days on Earth as a Spirit
as Self 1997
Fried Shoes Cooked Diamonds
as Self 1979
Return to Gorée
as Self 2007
Poetry in Motion
as Self 1982
Sun Ra: Brother From Another Planet
as Self 2005
Nationtime
as Self 1972
W.E.B. DuBois: A Biography in Four Voices
as Self 1996
The Pact
as Self 2006
I Heard It Through the Grapevine
as Self 1982
Sing! Fight! Sing! Fight! From LeRoi to Amiri
as Self 2024