JAMES BALDWIN at 100. Lights, Camera, Baldwin. Celebrating a century of James Baldwin (1924 – 1987): the brilliant thinker, writer, and activist whose prescient essays, plays, and novels continue to shine a searing light on American racism 35 years after his death.

Each screening will be followed by a post-show audience discussion with Charmaine Simpson, founder of Black History Studies and Hakeem Kazeem, film maker, writer and host of the club and performance night Batty Mama, promoting queer black and brown bodies.

Whether relaxed or agitated, James Baldwin always appears miraculously composed and intellectually nimble in front of the camera.  Disgusted by the level of racism in America, Baldwin had left the United States for Paris in 1948. But in 1957 he returned to contribute to the Civil Rights movement. James Baldwin retraces his time in the South during the Civil Rights Movement, reflecting with his trademark brilliance and insight on the passage of more than two decades.

"As much an essay as a documentary... It’s a harsh truth, precisely and artfully rendered.”

– Darren Hughes, Filmmaker Magazine