James Baldwin Movies

  • 1964
    Take This Hammer

    Take This Hammer

    Take This Hammer

    101964HD

    Take This Hammer features KQED's mobile film unit following author and activist James Baldwin in the spring of 1963, as he's driven around San...

    Take This Hammer
  • 2021
    i ran from it and was still in it

    i ran from it and was still in it

    i ran from it and was still in it

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    I ran from it and was still in it poetically interweaves personal family memories with original and found footage to offer a more complex portrait of...

    i ran from it and was still in it
  • 2018
    Target: St. Louis Vol. 1

    Target: St. Louis Vol. 1

    Target: St. Louis Vol. 1

    02018HD

    TARGET ST. LOUIS Vol. 1© tells the story of how the United State Military conducted secret chemical testing on citizens of St. Louis's...

    Target: St. Louis Vol. 1
  • 1982
    I Heard It Through the Grapevine

    I Heard It Through the Grapevine

    I Heard It Through the Grapevine

    01982HD

    Renowned Black writer James Baldwin retraces his time in the South during the Civil Rights Movement, reflecting with his trademark brilliance and...

    I Heard It Through the Grapevine
  • 2018
    Robert Penn Warren: A Vision

    Robert Penn Warren: A Vision

    Robert Penn Warren: A Vision

    02018HD

    A documentary profile of 3-time Pulitzer winning author Robert Penn Warren, featuring Harold Bloom, David Blight, Natasha Trethewey, David Milch,...

    Robert Penn Warren: A Vision
  • 1965
    Debate: Baldwin vs. Buckley

    Debate: Baldwin vs. Buckley

    Debate: Baldwin vs. Buckley

    01965HD

    The Cambridge Union Society debates the motion "Has the American Dream Been Achieved at the Expense of the American Negro?" on its 150th anniversary....

    Debate: Baldwin vs. Buckley
  • 1992
    Toc Storee

    Toc Storee

    Toc Storee

    01992HD

    The film utilizes the story-telling format to create a multilevel narrative that explores the relations between speech, language, and desire....

    Toc Storee