Meeting the Man: James Baldwin in Paris (1971)

Meeting the Man: James Baldwin in Paris

1971

Documentary

Synopsis

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.

Credits

Director

Terence Dixon

Cast

James Baldwin as Self

Terence Dixon as Self

Crew

Jack Hazan (Director of Photography)

Richard Key (Editor)

Greg Bailey (Sound)