<I>James Baldwin: The Price of the Ticket </I>
date: label: Date
content: 1989
name: label: Directed by
content: Karen Thorsen, American
label: Subject of
content: James Baldwin, American, 1924 - 1987
label: Subject of
content: Amiri Baraka, American, 1934 - 2014
label: Subject of
content: Maya Angelou, American, 1928 - 2014
label: Subject of
content: Bobby Short, American, 1924 - 2005
label: Subject of
content: David Adams Leeming, American
label: Subject of
content: William Styron, American, 1925 - 2006
label: Subject of
content: Ishmael Reed, American, born 1938
label: Subject of
content: Lucien Happersberger, Swiss, 1932 - 2010
label: Owned by
content: D.C. Public Library, American, founded 1896
notes: label: Caption
content: "James Baldwin: The Price of The Ticket" recounts the life and influence of author James Baldwin using a combination of archival footage of Baldwin and contemporary interviews with his surviving family and friends. The film was directed by Karen Thorsen in collaboration with the famous documentary production company Maysles Films.
label: Caption
content: This film was a part of the Washington D.C. Public Library's circulating 16mm film collection housed at the Martin Luther King Jr. Central Library. The collection is particularly noted for the wide variety of African American and African diaspora content.
label: Description
content: A documentary film with the title James Baldwin: The Price of the Ticket. It consists of two (2) reels of color 16mm acetate film with optical sound (2017.55.23.1a and 2017.55.23.1b).
label: Description
content: The documentary recounts the life and influence of author James Baldwin using a combination of archival footage of Baldwin and contemporary interviews with his surviving family and friends. The film was directed by Karen Thorsen in collaboration with the famous documentary production company Maysles Films.
label: Description
content: The film includes footage of interviews and public speeches by Baldwin, scenes from Baldwin's funeral service, and explorations of Baldwin's homes in France, Switzerland, Turkey, and Harlem. Interviews with family and friends include his brother David; biographer David Leeming; writers Maya Angelou, Amiri Baraka, William Styron, Ishmael Reed and Yashar Kemal; painter Lucien Happersberger and entertainer Bobby Short.
place: label: Place depicted
content: Harlem, New York City, New York, United States, North and Central America
label: Place depicted
content: Istanbul, Turkey, Middle East, Asia
label: Place depicted
content: Switzerland, Europe
label: Place depicted
content: Paris, Île-de-France, France, Europe
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Activism
label: Topic
content: Civil Rights
label: Topic
content: Documentary films
label: Topic
content: Film
label: Topic
content: Gender
label: Topic
content: LGBTQ
label: Topic
content: Literature
label: Topic
content: Sexuality
label: Topic
content: Spirituality
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content: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
label: Collection title
content: DC Public Library Film Collection
label: Classification
content: Time-based Media - Moving Images
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Transferred from the DC Public Library
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2017.55.23.1ab
objectType: label: Type
content: sound films
label: Type
content: color films (visual works)
label: Type
content: feature films
label: Type
content: 16mm (photographic film size)
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: © Karen Thorsen (Nobody Knows Productions)
label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Permission required for use. Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: acetate film
label: Dimensions
content: Duration (Reel 1): 50 Minutes
label: Dimensions
content: Length (Film): 1800 Feet
label: Dimensions
content: Duration (Reel 2): 24 Minutes
label: Dimensions
content: Length (Film): 850 Feet