Amiri Baraka
Born: 1934-10-07 in Newark, New Jersey, USA
Died: 2014-01-09
Known For: Acting
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.
Filmography
2026
- The Dutchman ... (Original Story)
2025
- castelporziano ostia dei poeti as Self - poet
2024
2009
2008
2007
2006
- Hubert Selby Jr: It/ll Be Better Tomorrow as Self
- Poets at the Living Theater as Self
- The Pact as Himself
2005
- Cecil Taylor: All The Notes as Himself
- Sun Ra: Brother From Another Planet as Self
1998
- Bulworth as Rastaman
1994
- ER as Reid
1989
1987
- Langston Hughes: The Dream Keeper as Himself
1983
- In Motion: Amiri Baraka as Himself
1982
- Poetry in Motion as Self
- I Heard It Through the Grapevine as Self
1981
1979
- Fried Shoes Cooked Diamonds as Self
1978
1973
- Medea ... (Writer)
1972
- Nationtime as Self
1971
- Great Performances as Self
- A Fable ... (Theatre Play)
- 1 P.M. as Self
1970
- Black Journal: 23; New-Ark as Self
1969
- The New-Ark as Self
1967
- Black Spring ... (Director)
1966
- Dutchman ... (Writer)
- Cellar Vigil ... (Director)