Amiri Baraka

Amiri Baraka

b. 1934 — d. 2014 (aged 80) Newark, New Jersey, USA
Actor Writer

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 Awardformerly known as the Beyond Margins Award in 2008 for Tales of the Out and the Gone.

Known For

Dutchman
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★ 7.0
Dutchman
1966
Bulworth
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★ 6.8
Bulworth
1998
A Fable
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A Fable
1971
The Dutchman
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★ 5.4
The Dutchman
2025

Filmography

The Dutchman
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★ 5.4
The Dutchman
2025 Writer
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Dutchman Revisited
2021 Self
Why Is We Americans?
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★ 7.0
Why Is We Americans?
2020 Self
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★ 8.5
Blues America
2013 Self
William S. Burroughs: A Man Within
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★ 7.1
William S. Burroughs: A Man Within
2010 Self
Motherland
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★ 8.6
Motherland
2010 Self
Blacking Up: Hip-Hop's Remix of Race and Identity
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★ 8.7
Blacking Up: Hip-Hop's Remix of Race and Identity
2010 Self
The Nature of Existence
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★ 6.5
The Nature of Existence
2009 Self
Ferlinghetti: A Rebirth of Wonder
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★ 6.5
Ferlinghetti: A Rebirth of Wonder
2009 Self
Corso: The Last Beat
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★ 7.3
Corso: The Last Beat
2009 Actor
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Amiri Baraka: The Power of the Word
2008 Self
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New York Agora: The Legacy of the 60s Counterculture
2008 Actor
Obscene
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★ 7.2
Obscene
2007 Self
Return to Gorée
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★ 7.0
Return to Gorée
2007 Self
Revolution '67
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★ 7.2
Revolution '67
2007 Self
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★ 8.2
Polis Is This: Charles Olson and the Persistence of Place
2007 Actor
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★ 6.6
Turn Me On
2007 Self
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Something in the Way of Things
2007 Writer
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The Toilet
2007 Writer
The Pact
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★ 8.3
The Pact
2006 Self
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★ 6.2
Breaking the Rules
2006 Self
Hubert Selby Jr: It/ll Be Better Tomorrow
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★ 7.4
Hubert Selby Jr: It/ll Be Better Tomorrow
2005 Self
The Ballad of Greenwich Village
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★ 6.8
The Ballad of Greenwich Village
2005 Self
Chisholm '72: Unbought & Unbossed
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★ 7.4
Chisholm '72: Unbought & Unbossed
2004 Self
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★ 6.0
The First Amendment Project: Poetic License
2004 Self
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★ 8.4
Keeping Time: The Life, Music & Photography of Milt Hinton
2003 Self
Strange Fruit
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★ 7.4
Strange Fruit
2002 Self
Hughes' Dream Harlem
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★ 6.6
Hughes' Dream Harlem
2002 Self
Bulworth
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★ 6.8
Bulworth
1998 Actor
Rastaman
W.E.B. DuBois: A Biography in Four Voices
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★ 7.0
W.E.B. DuBois: A Biography in Four Voices
1996 Self Writer
United States of Poetry
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★ 8.7
United States of Poetry
1995 Self Writer
The Beat Generation: An American Dream
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★ 7.6
The Beat Generation: An American Dream
1988 Self
Poetry in Motion
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★ 6.9
Poetry in Motion
1982 Self
I Heard It Through the Grapevine
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★ 7.6
I Heard It Through the Grapevine
1982 Self
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Castelporziano, ostia dei poeti
1980 Self Actor
Fried Shoes Cooked Diamonds
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★ 6.9
Fried Shoes Cooked Diamonds
1979 Self Actor
Black Theatre: The Making of a Movement
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★ 8.5
Black Theatre: The Making of a Movement
1978 Self
Madea
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★ 7.3
Madea
1973 Writer
Nationtime
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★ 7.2
Nationtime
1972 Self
1 P.M.
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★ 6.0
1 P.M.
1971 Actor
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Schwarz mit Haut und Haaren
1971 Self
A Fable
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A Fable
1971 Writer
The Fall
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★ 7.1
The Fall
1969 Self
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★ 6.3
Nigger
1968 Writer
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★ 8.6
Like It Is
1968 Self
Dutchman
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★ 7.0
Dutchman
1966 Writer
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Uhatut
1966 Writer
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Lita's Party
1964 Self
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Modernes Theater auf kleinen Bühnen
1964 Writer
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