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James Baldwin(1924-1987)

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  • Actor
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James Baldwin in I Am Not Your Negro (2016)
Writer James Baldwin tells the story of race in modern America with his unfinished novel "Remember This House."
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James Baldwin was born on 2 August 1924 in Harlem, Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA. He was a writer and actor, known for I Am Not Your Negro (2016), If Beale Street Could Talk (2018) and American Playhouse (1982). He died on 1 December 1987 in Saint-Paul-de-Vence, Alpes-Maritimes, France.
BornAugust 2, 1924
DiedDecember 1, 1987(63)
BornAugust 2, 1924
DiedDecember 1, 1987(63)
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  • Awards
    • 1 win & 1 nomination

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James Baldwin in Avec James Baldwin (1967)
James Baldwin in Champ libre (1963)
James Baldwin in I Am Not Your Negro (2016)
James Baldwin and Medgar Evers in I Am Not Your Negro (2016)
James Baldwin, Martin Luther King, and Malcolm X in I Am Not Your Negro (2016)
James Baldwin in I Am Not Your Negro (2016)
James Baldwin in I Am Not Your Negro (2016)

Known for

James Baldwin in I Am Not Your Negro (2016)
I Am Not Your Negro
7.9
  • Writer
  • 2016
Stephan James and KiKi Layne in If Beale Street Could Talk (2018)
If Beale Street Could Talk
7.1
  • Writer
  • 2018
American Playhouse
American Playhouse
7.4
TV Series
  • Writer
Yao of the Jungle (1972)
Yao of the Jungle
  • Writer
  • 1972

Credits

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Writer

  • Brother, Where Are You?
    • original story: Sonny's Blues
    • Completed
    • Short
    • 2022
  • James Baldwin Abroad
    • Writer
    • 2023
  • Stephan James and KiKi Layne in If Beale Street Could Talk (2018)
    If Beale Street Could Talk
    • based on the book by
    • 2018
  • James Baldwin in I Am Not Your Negro (2016)
    I Am Not Your Negro
    • writings
    • 2016
  • À la place du coeur (1998)
    À la place du coeur
    • novel "If Beale Street Could Talk"
    • 1998
  • Ving Rhames, CCH Pounder, Alfre Woodard, and Paul Winfield in Go Tell It on the Mountain (1985)
    Go Tell It on the Mountain
    • adapted from the novel by
    • 1985
  • American Playhouse
    American Playhouse
    • novel
    • TV Series
    • 1985
  • Yao of the Jungle (1972)
    Yao of the Jungle
    • writer
    • 1972
  • Blues für Mister Charlie
    • play
    • TV Movie
    • 1969
  • Quest (1961)
    Quest
    • novel 'Another Country'
    • TV Series
    • 1963
  • Un étranger dans le village
    • essay "A Stranger in the Village", 1953
    • TV Movie
    • 1962

Additional Crew

  • Promo Poster
    Bamboozled
    • quotation "No Name in the Street" used by kind permission of
    • 2000
  • James Baldwin: From Another Place
    • Himself
    • Short
    • 1973

Actor

  • City Edition
    • Premiere (1979)
    • TV Series
    • 1979

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I Am Not Your Negro
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I Am Not Your Negro
I Am Not Your Negro
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I Am Not Your Negro
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I Am Not Your Negro
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I Am Not Your Negro

Personal details

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  • Alternative name
    • Jimmy
  • Born
    • August 2, 1924
    • Harlem, Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA
  • Died
    • December 1, 1987
    • Saint-Paul-de-Vence, Alpes-Maritimes, France(stomach cancer)
  • Children
    • None
  • Parents
      Emma Berdis
  • Relatives
      George Baldwin(Sibling)
  • Other works
    Essay: "Freaks And The American Ideal Of Manhood", "Playboy" (USA), January 1985, 150-151+192+256-260.
  • Publicity listings
    • 1 Biographical Movie
    • 1 Print Biography
    • 1 Portrayal
    • 6 Articles

Did you know

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  • Trivia
    Was an acquaintance of Medgar Evers, Malcolm X, Martin Luther King, and Marlon Brando. He attended King's March on Washington in 1963.
  • Quotes
    The primary distinction of the artist is that he must actively cultivate that state which most men, necessarily, must avoid: the state of being alone.

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