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 Award, formerly known as the Beyond Margins Award, in 2008 for Tales of the Out and the Gone.
Acting
TV
ER
as Reid
1994
Movie
Bulworth
as Rastaman
1998
TV
Great Performances
as Self
1971
Movie
Death of a Prophet
1981
Movie
1 P.M.
as Self
1971
Movie
Hubert Selby Jr: It/ll Be Better Tomorrow
as Self
2006
Movie
Obscene: A Portrait of Barney Rosset and Grove Press
as Self
2008
Movie
James Baldwin: The Price of the Ticket
as Self
1989
Movie
Ferlinghetti: A Rebirth of Wonder
as Self
2009
Movie
Fried Shoes Cooked Diamonds
as Self
1979
Movie
Scenes from Allen's Last Three Days on Earth as a Spirit
as Self
1997
Movie
Poetry in Motion
as Self
1982
Movie
W.E.B. DuBois: A Biography in Four Voices
as Self
1996
Movie
I Heard It Through the Grapevine
as Self
1982
Movie
Return to Gorée
as Self
2007
Movie
Sun Ra: Brother From Another Planet
as Self
2005
Movie
Nationtime
as Self
1972
Movie
Black Theatre: The Making of a Movement
as Self
1978
Movie
castelporziano ostia dei poeti
as Self - poet
2025
Movie
The Pact
as Self
2006
Movie
Sing! Fight! Sing! Fight! From LeRoi to Amiri
as Self
2024
Movie
Cecil Taylor: All The Notes
as Himself
2005
Movie
Polis Is This: Charles Olson and the Persistence of Place
2007
Movie
In Motion: Amiri Baraka
as Himself
1983
Crew
Movie
The Dutchman
Original Story
2026
Movie
Dutchman
Writer
1966
Movie
W.E.B. DuBois: A Biography in Four Voices
Writer
1996
Movie
A Fable
Screenplay
1971
Movie
Nationtime
Writer
1972
Movie
Medea
Writer
1973
Movie
The New-Ark
Writer
1969
Movie
Cellar Vigil
Director
1966
Movie
Black Spring
Director
1967