James Baldwin at 100: From Another Place
Documentary, directed by Sedat Pakay
Turkey, 1973, 12 min
Strikingly shot, this portrait of the writer and thinker finds him discussing his work, sexuality, and complex feelings about the United States. Followed by a talkback with Brian Meacham on preservation and restoration of this film, with outtakes.
Brian Meacham is the Managing Archivist at the Yale Film Archive, where he oversees acquisition, conservation, preservation, and access to print and pre-print material in the archive’s film collection. A graduate of the Selznick School of Film Preservation at George Eastman Museum, he teaches on film archiving in the Yale Film and Media Studies program and sits on the Board of Directors of the Association of Moving Image Archivists.
Sign up and come at 6 pm for the first film of the night, James Baldwin at 100: Price of the Ticket (separate registration required).
Join us on Saturday, January 11 for two more James Baldwin at 100 films, Meeting the Man: Baldwin in Paris and If Beale Street Could Talk (separate registration required for each film).
BPL Presents programs are made possible by the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of the Office of the Governor and the New York State Legislature.
Documentary, directed by Sedat Pakay
Turkey, 1973, 12 min
Strikingly shot, this portrait of the writer and thinker finds him discussing his work, sexuality, and complex feelings about the United States. Followed by a talkback with Brian Meacham on preservation and restoration of this film, with outtakes.
Brian Meacham is the Managing Archivist at the Yale Film Archive, where he oversees acquisition, conservation, preservation, and access to print and pre-print material in the archive’s film collection. A graduate of the Selznick School of Film Preservation at George Eastman Museum, he teaches on film archiving in the Yale Film and Media Studies program and sits on the Board of Directors of the Association of Moving Image Archivists.
Sign up and come at 6 pm for the first film of the night, James Baldwin at 100: Price of the Ticket (separate registration required).
Join us on Saturday, January 11 for two more James Baldwin at 100 films, Meeting the Man: Baldwin in Paris and If Beale Street Could Talk (separate registration required for each film).
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