The story of how Everett Leroy Jones became Amiri Baraka, from his childhood to the mid '60s, is told through interviews recorded in the late '90s.
- Status
- Released
Keywords
- jazz
- poetry
- greenwich village
- black history
- beat poetry
- black liberation
- newark, new jersey
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Top Cast
Amiri Baraka as Self
Coyt Leroy Jones as Self
Asha Bandele as Self
Hettie Jones as Self
Sekou Sundiata as Self
Quincy Troupe as Self
Marvin X as Self
Allen Ginsberg as Self (archive footage)
Top Crew
Colin Still · Director
Harry Baker · Editor
Jack Churchill · Editor
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