Conversations with Baldwin: James Baldwin on Film

Conversations with Baldwin: James Baldwin on Film celebrates the centenary of the writer and civil rights activist James Baldwin (1924 - 1987) with a season of films that present an intimate portrait of this 20th century icon in Europe and an award-winning adaptation of his exquisite prose. Walk with James Baldwin through the streets of Istanbul as he expounds on his privacy, sexuality, and desire to be a witness, bristle at the tension in Paris as he resists a presumptuous interrogation, keep up with Baldwin at his sharp-witted best in a meeting of radical West Indian students in London, then sink into the sensuousness of Barry Jenkins' award-winning adaptation of the stunning novel, If Beale Street Could Talk.

Conversations with Baldwin: James Baldwin on Film is a collaboration between Words of Colour and Glasgow Film Theatre, and is part of the Conversations with Baldwin festival celebrating 100 years of James Baldwin. Conversations with Baldwin is supported using public funding by the National Lottery through Arts Council England.