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Meeting the Man: James Baldwin in Paris (1971)

Meeting the Man: James Baldwin in Paris (1971)

Documentary
Release Date: 1971, May 5
Directors: Terence Dixon
Countries: France, United Kingdom
Production: Solus Enterprises
Cast: James Baldwin

Overview:

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 landmarks and reflects on revolution, colonialism, and what it means to be a Black expatriate in Europe.

Keywords:

paris, france race african american history james baldwin