Amiri Baraka
Born
October 7, 1934
Died
January 9, 2014 (79 years old)
Known For
Acting
Place of Birth
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.
Sing! Fight! Sing! Fight! From LeRoi to Amiri
Self
2024
Ferlinghetti: A Rebirth of Wonder
Self
2009
Obscene
Self
2008
New York Agora: The Legacy of the 60s Counterculture
Himself
2008
Return to Gorée
Self
2007
Turn Me On
Self
2007
Polis Is This: Charles Olson and the Persistence of Place
2007
Poets at the Living Theater
Self
2006
Hubert Selby Jr: It/ll Be Better Tomorrow
Self
2006
The Pact
Himself
2006
Cecil Taylor: All The Notes
Himself
2005
Sun Ra: Brother From Another Planet
Self
2005
Bulworth
Rastaman
1998
Scenes from Allen's Last Three Days on Earth as a Spirit
Self
1997
ER
Reid · (1 episode)
1994
James Baldwin: The Price of the Ticket
Self
1989
Langston Hughes: The Dream Keeper
Himself
1987
In Motion: Amiri Baraka
Himself
1983
Poetry in Motion
Self
1982
I Heard It Through the Grapevine
Self
1982
Death of a Prophet
1981
Fried Shoes Cooked Diamonds
Self
1979
Black Theatre: The Making of a Movement
Self
1978
Nationtime
Self
1972
1 P.M.
Self
1971
Great Performances
Self · (1 episode)
1971
Black Journal: 23; New-Ark
Self
1970
The New-Ark
Self
1969