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.

Meeting The Man: James Baldwin in Paris + James Baldwin: From Another Place

We bring together two rare archival shorts.

Meeting The Man: James Baldwin in Paris + James Baldwin: From Another Place plus outtakes package.

Born in 1924, in Harlem, Baldwin spent much of his life abroad, and in these three short films — made in Istanbul, Paris, and London (with Dick Gregory) — he can be charming, candid, churlish, witty, and acerbic. Whether ruminating on his own “American-ness,” his experience as a child-minister, Black Power, or the nature of love and sexuality, creativity, freedom, and survival — his unsparing opinions are never less than eye-opening, and his onscreen presence never less than riveting.

THIS IS NOT TO BE MISSED

This event will take place on THURSDAY 5TH SEPTEMBER 2024 at 19:00.

The screenings will be held at The Lexi Cinema, 194b Chamberlayne Road, Kensal Rise, London, NW10 3JU. Located 3 minutes from Kensal Rise Overground Station. Located 10 mins from Kensal Green and 15 mins from Queens Park on the Bakerloo Line. Via Bus, the Okehampton Road stop is right outside the Lexi Cinema, served by 52, 452, 6, 187, 302. Free on-street parking in local streets.

Please book your ticket(s) here https://thelexicinema.co.uk/TheLexiCinema.dll/WhatsOn?pg=0&sp=8151173