List of the best Amiri Baraka movies: Poetry in Motion(1982), The Nature of Existence(2009), The Ballad of Greenwich Village(2005), Bulworth(1998) ... ...
Documentary
Canada
1982
90 Minutes
Helen Adam Miguel AlgarÃn Amiri Baraka Ted Berrigan Charles Bukowski William S. Burroughs John Cage Jim Carroll Jayne Cortez Robert Creeley Christopher Dewdney
More than 20 contemporary North American poets recite, sing, and perform their work. Several also comment. Early in the film, Charles Bukowski talks about the energy of poets and of a poem.... See full summary »
Documentary
2009
94 Minutes
Javed Akhtar Darryl Anka Amiri Baraka Mehera Blum Richard Carrier Richard Dawkins
Documentary
USA
2005
70 Minutes
Edward Albee Woody Allen Maya Angelou Amiri Baraka Judy Collins Richie Havens
THE BALLAD OF GREENWICH VILLAGE is a 70 minute documentary that tells the story of the artists, rebels, and bohemians who came to New York's Greenwich Village over many decades, and changed... See full summary »
Comedy, Drama
USA
1998
106 Minutes
Warren Beatty Halle Berry Don Cheadle Oliver Platt Paul Sorvino Jack Warden Isaiah Washington Joshua Malina Christine Baranski Richard C. Sarafian Amiri Baraka
senator chief of staff young woman mafia boss rapper suicidal person amusing witty unrestrained brash los angeles club church ghetto office politics honesty controversy hip-hop unlikely romance
A suicidally disillusioned liberal politician puts a contract out on himself and takes the opportunity to be bluntly honest with his voters by affecting the rhythms and speech of hip-hop music and culture.