Amiri Baraka
Known for Writing · 31 credits
- Born
- 1934-10-07
- Died
- 2014-01-09
- Place of birth
- Newark, New Jersey, USA
- Also known as
- Everett Leroy Jones · LeRoi Jones · Imamu Amear Baraka · LeRoy Jones-Baraka · Ameer Baraka
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.
Known For
TV Shows (2)
Movies (29)
Bulworth
1998
as Rastaman
Nationtime
1972
as Self
W.E.B. DuBois: A Biography in Four Voices
1996
as Self
The New-Ark
1969
as Self
Death of a Prophet
1981
Obscene: A Portrait of Barney Rosset and Grove Press
2008
as Self
Ferlinghetti: A Rebirth of Wonder
2009
as Self
Poetry in Motion
1982
as Self
Sing! Fight! Sing! Fight! From LeRoi to Amiri
2024
as Self
Fried Shoes Cooked Diamonds
1979
as Self
castelporziano ostia dei poeti
2025
as Self - poet
Scenes from Allen's Last Three Days on Earth as a Spirit
1997
as Self
Sun Ra: Brother From Another Planet
2005
as Self
Hubert Selby Jr: It/ll Be Better Tomorrow
2006
as Self
Poets at the Living Theater
2006
as Self
Cecil Taylor: All The Notes
2005
as Himself
Langston Hughes: The Dream Keeper
1987
as Himself
Black Journal: 23; New-Ark
1970
as Self
The Pact
2006
as Self
Black Theatre: The Making of a Movement
1978
as Self
Polis Is This: Charles Olson and the Persistence of Place
2007
James Baldwin: The Price of the Ticket
1989
as Self
In Motion: Amiri Baraka
1983
as Himself
1 P.M.
1971
as Self
Return to Gorée
2007
as Self
New York Agora: The Legacy of the 60s Counterculture
2008
as Himself
Turn Me On
2007
as Self
I Heard It Through the Grapevine
1982
as Self
Speaking in Tongues
1982
About 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. With 31 credits spanning from 1969 to 2025, Amiri Baraka has appeared in 29 films and 2 TV shows.
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Most Popular Amiri Baraka Movies
- Bulworth (1998) — as Rastaman
- Nationtime (1972) — as Self
- W.E.B. DuBois: A Biography in Four Voices (1996) — as Self
- The New-Ark (1969) — as Self
- Death of a Prophet (1981)
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