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James Baldwin: The Price of The Ticket

Karen Thorsen
1989 United States 87 minutes English

The life, works and beliefs of the late Black American writer and civil-rights activist, James Baldwin : what it is to be born black, impoverished, gay and gifted – in a world that has yet to understand that “all men are brothers.” Using rarely-seen archival footage, the film melds intimate interviews and eloquent public speeches with on-camera interviews with many of Baldwin’s life witnesses. A very intimate and astoundingly live portrait of the author who died in 1989, the very year when the film was completed.

Karen Thorsen

Journaliste, écrivain et scénariste.

James Baldwin, the price of the ticket (1989) est sa première réalisation.

Production :
Maysles Films; P.B.S.; Sept; Karen Thorsen
Distribution :
Maysles Films
Editing :
Steve Olswang; Sandra Guthrie
Sound :
Peter Miller
Photography :
Don Lenzer

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