Amiri Baraka
- Known for
- Writing
- Born
- October 7, 1934
- Died
- January 9, 2014
- Birthplace
- 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 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
The Dutchman 2026
Original Story, Theatre Play
castelporziano ostia dei poeti 2025
as Self - poet
- Sing! Fight! Sing! Fight! From LeRoi to Amiri
Sing! Fight! Sing! Fight! From LeRoi to Amiri 2024
as Self
Ferlinghetti: A Rebirth of Wonder 2009
as Self
Obscene: A Portrait of Barney Rosset and Grove Press 2008
as Self
New York Agora: The Legacy of the 60s Counterculture 2008
as Himself
Return to Gorée 2007
as Self
Turn Me On 2007
as Self
- Polis Is This: Charles Olson and the Persistence of Place
Polis Is This: Charles Olson and the Persistence of Place 2007
Actor
Poets at the Living Theater 2006
as Self
Hubert Selby Jr: It/ll Be Better Tomorrow 2006
as Self
The Pact 2006
as Self
- Sun Ra: Brother From Another Planet
Sun Ra: Brother From Another Planet 2005
as Self
Cecil Taylor: All The Notes 2005
as Himself
Chisholm '72: Unbought & Unbossed 2004
as Self
Bulworth 1998
as Rastaman
Scenes from Allen's Last Three Days on Earth as a Spirit 1997
as Self
W.E.B. DuBois: A Biography in Four Voices 1996
as Self, Writer
James Baldwin: The Price of the Ticket 1989
as Self
Langston Hughes: The Dream Keeper 1987
as Himself
- In Motion: Amiri Baraka
In Motion: Amiri Baraka 1983
as Himself
Speaking in Tongues 1982
Actor
Poetry in Motion 1982
as Self
I Heard It Through the Grapevine 1982
as Self
Death of a Prophet 1981
Actor
- Fried Shoes Cooked Diamonds
Fried Shoes Cooked Diamonds 1979
as Self
Black Theatre: The Making of a Movement 1978
as Self
Medea 1973
Writer
Nationtime: Gary 1972
as Self, Writer
1 P.M. 1971
as Self
A Fable 1971
Screenplay, Theatre Play
- Black Journal: 23; New-Ark
Black Journal: 23; New-Ark 1970
as Self
The New-Ark 1969
as Self, Writer, Director
- Black Spring
Black Spring 1967
Director
Dutchman 1966
Writer, Theatre Play
- Cellar Vigil
Cellar Vigil 1966
Director
Credits from TMDB.