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Meeting the Man: James Baldwin in Paris (1971)28 minDocumentaryRating 56/100

Tense, combative, discursive: a meeting with James Baldwin doesn’t quite go according to plan for a group of presumptuous white filmmakers in this rarely seen, Paris-set short film. An illuminating snapshot of Baldwin’s intellectual worldview that bristles with friction and ideas.

Cast: James Baldwin, Terence Dixon

Director: Terence Dixon