James Baldwin
Acting
Born August 2, 1924 · Harlem, New York, USA
Died December 1, 1987
James Arthur Baldwin was an African-American novelist, essayist, playwright, poet, and social critic. His essays, as collected in Notes of a Native Son, explore palpable yet unspoken intricacies of racial, sexual, and class distinctions in Western societies, most notably in mid-20th-century America, and their inevitable if unnameable tensions.
Known for
Filmography
The New Yorker at 100
2025 · Self (archive footage)
Louis Armstrong's Black & Blues
2022 · Self (archive footage)
Madonna: Madame X
2021 · Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Public Speaking
2011 · Self (archive footage)
The Statue of Liberty
1985 · Self - Writer
Meeting the Man: James Baldwin in Paris
1971 · Self
King: A Filmed Record... Montgomery to Memphis
1970 · Self (archive footage)