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.

Movies & TV Shows

1. ER (1994) — Reid
2. Bulworth (1998) — Rastaman
3. Great Performances (1971) — Self
4. Death of a Prophet (1981)
5. 1 P.M. (1971) — Self
6. Hubert Selby Jr: It/ll Be Better Tomorrow (2006) — Self
7. Obscene: A Portrait of Barney Rosset and Grove Press (2008) — Self
8. James Baldwin: The Price of the Ticket (1989) — Self
9. Ferlinghetti: A Rebirth of Wonder (2009) — Self
10. Fried Shoes Cooked Diamonds (1979) — Self
11. Scenes from Allen's Last Three Days on Earth as a Spirit (1997) — Self
12. I Heard It Through the Grapevine (1982) — Self
13. Poetry in Motion (1982) — Self
14. W.E.B. DuBois: A Biography in Four Voices (1996) — Self
15. Return to Gorée (2007) — Self
16. Sun Ra: Brother From Another Planet (2005) — Self
17. Nationtime: Gary (1972) — Self
18. Black Theatre: The Making of a Movement (1978) — Self
19. castelporziano ostia dei poeti (2025) — Self - poet
20. The Pact (2006) — Self
21. Sing! Fight! Sing! Fight! From LeRoi to Amiri (2024) — Self
22. Cecil Taylor: All The Notes (2005) — Himself
23. Polis Is This: Charles Olson and the Persistence of Place (2007)
24. In Motion: Amiri Baraka (1983) — Himself
25. The New-Ark (1969) — Self
26. Langston Hughes: The Dream Keeper (1987) — Himself
27. New York Agora: The Legacy of the 60s Counterculture (2008) — Himself
28. Turn Me On (2007) — Self
29. Black Journal: 23; New-Ark (1970) — Self
30. Poets at the Living Theater (2006) — Self
31. Speaking in Tongues (1982)

Directed

1. The New-Ark (1969) — Director
2. Cellar Vigil (1966) — Director
3. Black Spring (1967) — Director