Film
Shorts Program: James Baldwin Around The World
- 5PM
Introduction
writer Tobi Haslett
Dir. Horace Ové
1968, 48min, DCP
James Baldwin and comedian-activist Dick Gregory speak to a group of radical West Indian students in London about everything from the state of the civil rights movement to the perils of false consciousness.
Dir. Sedat Pakay
1973, 13min
Strikingly shot on the streets of Istanbul, this rare portrait of the writer and thinker finds him discussing his work, sexuality, and complex feelings about the United States.
Special thanks to Kathy Pakay
sedatpakay.com
Dir. Terence Dixon
1971, 31min
Baldwin—at the Bastille and other Parisian landmarks—reflects on revolution, colonialism, and what it means to be a black expat in Europe.
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