We’re inspired by BAMPFA’s current film exhibition, James Baldwin, Reflection and Resistance: James Baldwin and Cinema! Brush up on your Baldwin with his works available at the UC Berkeley Libraries.
The recent 2016 film I Am Not Your Negro based on James Baldwin’s incomplete manuscript, Remember This House, has made quite the critical splash, and yet this award-winning film is far from the first Baldwin piece to make it to the silver screen. In related programming, Thursday, November 9th at BAMPFA features a showing of documentary The Nine Muses by John Akomfrah, with an introduction from UC Berkeley’s own Stephen Best, and Tongues Untied, introduced by Damon Young, on Thursday, November 16th. Can’t make it? You can find both films at the Moffitt Library Media Resources Center here and here.
Ready for more?
Try starting with some of his most famous works.
Baldwin’s narrative and autobiographical essays are influential, and they are as fascinating a read as his fiction.
James Baldwin
James Baldwin
James Baldwin
These are just a few of Baldwin’s prolific writings, so keep an eye out for his other texts while you’re searching through the stacks. Happy reading!