The Schomburg Center, dir. “James Baldwin’s Global Imagination.”
Youtube. The Schomburg Center, 18 Feb 2011. Web. 9 Dec 2013.
This short video features speakers who honor the legacy of James Baldwin. One of the speakers notes the theme of terror in Baldwin’s writing, referencing Baldwin’s courage for visiting the South as a homosexual black man during the Civil Rights Movement. Another speaker compares reading Baldwin’s words to going to a fountain to replenish oneself. He also wonders if calling Baldwin a globalist is accurate, posing that the late author was more of an internationalist. The last speaker talks about France’s influence on Baldwin’s work, and he mentions his personal relationship to Baldwin.
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