James Baldwin—Born With The Thunder

In partnership with the 2024 March on Washington Film Festival, a celebration of the centennial of writer and civil rights activist James Baldwin’s birth will be presented. The 1989 documentary The Price of the Ticket (87 mins.), featuring interviews with Maya Angelou, Amiri Baraka, and Baldwin himself, will be screened.

Following the screening, Anthony Coley, political analyst and contributor, NBC News, MSNBC and CNBC, will moderate a discussion with filmmaker Karen Thorsen; Dr. Frank Leon Roberts, associate professor, English and Black Studies, Amherst University; and Cree Myles, influencer and curator/host of the podcast All Ways Black.

The program will also include a performance of James by dancer, choreographer, actor, and educator Joseph Monroe Webb accompanied by drummer Keith Butler, Jr.