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Full Record for Film No. 174


Title:Baldwin's Nigger
Director 1:Horace Ové
Country:UK
Year:1969
length:46 mins
Colour/b-w:b & w
Genre:documentary
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Location:Not available
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Synopsis:James Baldwin's wit and verbal dexterity - displayed in conversation about his writing, what it means to be black and the role of the white liberal - create a sense of excitement in the audience crammed into the West Indian Student Centre.The film offers a rare opportunity to hear Baldwin speak, and the questions addressed are still completely valid today. No viewing copy available.
Keyword 1:Civil Rights Movement
Keyword 2:literature
Keyword 3:1960s
Keyword 4:James Baldwin
Keyword 5:black
Keyword 6:African American
Keyword 7:blackness
Keyword 8:emancipation

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