| Brief Description: | Called "a brilliantly executed documentary" by The New York Times, a
fascinating exploration of the writer and political activist formerly
known as Leroi Jones. Following Baraka from his early days as a poet
in New York City's Greenwich Village to his present literary and
political activities, In Motion: Amiri Baraka is a portrait of a man
of singular commitment to social change. Interspersed throughout the
film are excerpts from Baraka's powerful play The Dutchman, one of the
archetypal literary works of the 1960s, as well as scenes from other
Baraka plays. |
