In Motion: Amiri Baraka (1983)

This video portrait, filmed in the days leading up to Amiri Baraka’s appeal of his 90-day sentence for resisting arrest following an argument in his car outside the 8th Street Playhouse movie theater, documents Baraka at his radio show, at home with his wife and children, and performing at readings. It is a delicate vision of a revolutionary who has grown quieter—though never at rest, and as sage as ever.

Released

1983-01-02

Genres

Documentary

Runtime

58 min

Status

Released

Directed / written by

St. Clair Bourne