Meeting the Man: James Baldwin in Paris

1971, 27min -

In 1970, a British film crew set out to make a straightforward literary portrait of James Baldwin set in Paris, insisting on setting aside his political activism. Baldwin bristled at their questions, and the result is a fascinating, confrontational, often uncomfortable butting of heads between the filmmakers and their subject, in which the author visits the Bastille and other Parisian landmark and reflects on revolution, colonialism, and what it means to be a Black expatriate in Europe. Show more

"Meeting the Man: James Baldwin in Paris" — movie produced in UK and France and released in 1971. It has a great rating on IMDb: 7.4 stars out of 10. It is a short film with a runtime of 27min. "Meeting the Man: James Baldwin in Paris" is currently available to stream on Mubi and The Criterion Channel. Click on a playlink to watch it now!