Amiri Baraka: movies and TV shows
Amiri Baraka has 44 credits in the archive: 42 films and 2 TV series, from 1966 to 2026. Highest rated: ER (7.8/10).
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Career timeline
1966 – 2026 · busiest year: 1971 (4 credits)
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Full filmography
| Year | Title | Role | Type | Rating | Age then |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | The Dutchman | Film | 5.2 | 91 | |
| 2026 | The Dutchman | Film | 5.2 | 91 | |
| 2025 | castelporziano ostia dei poeti | Self - poet | Film | 8.0 | 90 |
| 2024 | Sing! Fight! Sing! Fight! From LeRoi to Amiri | Self | Film | — | 89 |
| 2009 | Ferlinghetti: A Rebirth of Wonder | Self | Film | 5.0 | 74 |
| 2008 | Obscene: A Portrait of Barney Rosset and Grove Press | Self | Film | 4.4 | 73 |
| 2008 | New York Agora: The Legacy of the 60s Counterculture | Himself | Film | — | 73 |
| 2007 | Return to Gorée | Self | Film | 9.0 | 72 |
| 2007 | Polis Is This: Charles Olson and the Persistence of Place | Film | — | 72 | |
| 2007 | Turn Me On | Self | Film | — | 72 |
| 2006 | The Pact | Self | Film | — | 71 |
| 2006 | Hubert Selby Jr: It/ll Be Better Tomorrow | Self | Film | 6.9 | 71 |
| 2006 | Poets at the Living Theater | Self | Film | — | 71 |
| 2005 | Cecil Taylor: All The Notes | Himself | Film | — | 70 |
| 2005 | Sun Ra: Brother From Another Planet | Self | Film | 8.0 | 70 |
| 1998 | Bulworth | Rastaman | Film | 6.3 | 63 |
| 1997 | Scenes from Allen's Last Three Days on Earth as a Spirit | Self | Film | 5.2 | 62 |
| 1996 | W.E.B. DuBois: A Biography in Four Voices | Self | Film | 6.5 | 61 |
| 1996 | W.E.B. DuBois: A Biography in Four Voices | Film | 6.5 | 61 | |
| 1994 | ER | Reid | TV | 7.8 | 59 |
| 1989 | James Baldwin: The Price of the Ticket | Self | Film | 3.0 | 54 |
| 1987 | Langston Hughes: The Dream Keeper | Himself | Film | — | 52 |
| 1983 | In Motion: Amiri Baraka | Himself | Film | — | 48 |
| 1982 | Poetry in Motion | Self | Film | 8.0 | 47 |
| 1982 | Speaking in Tongues | Film | — | 47 | |
| 1982 | I Heard It Through the Grapevine | Self | Film | 6.5 | 47 |
| 1981 | Death of a Prophet | Film | 4.5 | 46 | |
| 1979 | Fried Shoes Cooked Diamonds | Self | Film | 7.7 | 44 |
| 1978 | Black Theatre: The Making of a Movement | Self | Film | 9.0 | 43 |
| 1973 | Medea | Film | 7.0 | 38 | |
| 1972 | Nationtime: Gary | Self | Film | 8.0 | 37 |
| 1972 | Nationtime: Gary | Film | 8.0 | 37 | |
| 1971 | Great Performances | Self | TV | 6.1 | 36 |
| 1971 | A Fable | Film | 4.5 | 36 | |
| 1971 | A Fable | Film | 4.5 | 36 | |
| 1971 | 1 P.M. | Self | Film | 6.2 | 36 |
| 1970 | Black Journal: 23; New-Ark | Self | Film | — | 35 |
| 1969 | The New-Ark | Self | Film | — | 34 |
| 1969 | The New-Ark | Film | — | 34 | |
| 1969 | The New-Ark | Film | — | 34 | |
| 1967 | Black Spring | Film | — | 32 | |
| 1966 | Cellar Vigil | Film | — | 31 | |
| 1966 | Dutchman | Film | 4.8 | 31 | |
| 1966 | Dutchman | Film | 4.8 | 31 |