Amiri 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

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castelporziano ostia dei poeti

2025 ⭐ 8.0

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Return to Gorée

2007 ⭐ 9.0

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Hubert Selby Jr: It/ll Be Better Tomorrow

2006 ⭐ 6.9

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Bulworth

1998 ⭐ 6.3

Career timeline

2025

castelporziano ostia dei poeti Notable

Self - poet · 2025

⭐ 8.0

2009

Ferlinghetti: A Rebirth of Wonder

Self · 2009

⭐ 5.0

2008

Obscene: A Portrait of Barney Rosset and Grove Press

Self · 2008

⭐ 4.4

New York Agora: The Legacy of the 60s Counterculture

Himself · 2008

2007

Return to Gorée Notable

Self · 2007

⭐ 9.0

Turn Me On

Self · 2007

2006

Poets at the Living Theater

Self · 2006

Hubert Selby Jr: It/ll Be Better Tomorrow

Self · 2006

⭐ 6.9

The Pact

Self · 2006

2005

Cecil Taylor: All The Notes

Himself · 2005

1998

Bulworth

Rastaman · 1998

⭐ 6.3

1997

Scenes from Allen's Last Three Days on Earth as a Spirit

Self · 1997

⭐ 5.2

1996

W.E.B. DuBois: A Biography in Four Voices

Self · 1996

⭐ 6.5

1989

James Baldwin: The Price of the Ticket

Self · 1989

⭐ 3.0

1987

Langston Hughes: The Dream Keeper

Himself · 1987

1982

Speaking in Tongues

1982

Poetry in Motion Notable

Self · 1982

⭐ 8.0

I Heard It Through the Grapevine

Self · 1982

⭐ 6.5

1981

Death of a Prophet

1981

⭐ 4.5

1978

Black Theatre: The Making of a Movement Notable

Self · 1978

⭐ 9.0

1972

Nationtime Notable

Self · 1972

⭐ 8.0

1971

1 P.M.

Self · 1971

⭐ 6.2

1969

The New-Ark

Self · 1969

Frequently appears with

Allen Ginsberg

Self - poet

Yevgeny Yevtushenko

Self - poet

Alberto Moravia

Self (voice archive)

Youssou N'Dour

Self

Pyeng Threadgill

Self

Full filmography

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castelporziano ostia dei poeti

2025 ⭐ 8.0

HD

Ferlinghetti: A Rebirth of Wonder

2009 ⭐ 5.0

HD

Obscene: A Portrait of Barney Rosset and Grove Press

2008 ⭐ 4.4

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New York Agora: The Legacy of the 60s Counterculture

2008

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Return to Gorée

2007 ⭐ 9.0

HD

Turn Me On

2007

HD

Poets at the Living Theater

2006

HD

Hubert Selby Jr: It/ll Be Better Tomorrow

2006 ⭐ 6.9

HD

The Pact

2006

HD

Cecil Taylor: All The Notes

2005

HD

Bulworth

1998 ⭐ 6.3

HD

Scenes from Allen's Last Three Days on Earth as a Spirit

1997 ⭐ 5.2

HD

W.E.B. DuBois: A Biography in Four Voices

1996 ⭐ 6.5

HD

James Baldwin: The Price of the Ticket

1989 ⭐ 3.0

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Langston Hughes: The Dream Keeper

1987

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Speaking in Tongues

1982

HD

Poetry in Motion

1982 ⭐ 8.0

HD

I Heard It Through the Grapevine

1982 ⭐ 6.5

HD

Death of a Prophet

1981 ⭐ 4.5

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Black Theatre: The Making of a Movement

1978 ⭐ 9.0