James Baldwin: The Price of the Ticket
Brief Synopsis
A documentary profiling the life and work of writer James Baldwin.
Cast & Crew
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Karen Thorsen
Director
Percy Rodrigues
Meridian Henry ("Blues For Mister Charlie")
David Leeming
Himself
Alexa Birdsong
Herself
Jimi Hendrix
Performer
Bernard Hassel
Himself
Film Details
Also Known As
American Masters (08/14/89)
Genre
Documentary
Release Date
1989
Technical Specs
Duration
1h 30m
Synopsis
A documentary profiling the life and work of writer James Baldwin.
Director
Karen Thorsen
Director
Cast
Percy Rodrigues
Meridian Henry ("Blues For Mister Charlie")
David Leeming
Himself
Alexa Birdsong
Herself
Jimi Hendrix
Performer
Bernard Hassel
Himself
Jelly Roll Morton
Performer
James Briggs Murray
Himself
James Baldwin
Himself
Cynthia Packard
Herself
Tamburi Cemil Bey
Performer
Al Freeman Jr.
William Styron
Himself
Diana Sands
Paul Winfield
John Coltrane
Performer
Amiri Baraka
Himself
Hilda Haynes
Ishmael Reed
Himself
James Bond
David Baldwin
Himself
Pat Hingle
Rumeli Hisair
Himself
Bobby Short
Performer
Lucien Happersberger
Himself
Duke Ellington
Performer
Yashar Kemal
Himself
Maya Angelou
Herself
Bill Cole
Himself
Bobby Short
Himself
Santuri Ethem Efendi
Performer
Engin Cezzar
Himself
Frances Foster
Herself
Dexter Gordon
Performer
Crew
Dorothy Alleyne
Researcher
Gregory Andracke
Photography
Maya Angelou
Photography
Maya Angelou
Other
Maya Angelou
Consultant
Prudence Arndt
Assistant
V Arnold
Music
John G. Avildsen
Assistant
Thomas Ayck
Archival Footage
Gordon Baer
Photography
David Baldwin
Consultant
David Baldwin
Other
David Baldwin
Music Arranger
David Baldwin
Photography
James Baldwin
Song
James Baldwin
Other
Marta Balletbo-coll
Researcher
Amiri Baraka
Other
Arthur Barron
Assistant
Anne Belle
Assistant
Jason C Berger
Assistant
Lebert Bethune
Archival Footage
Alexa Birdsong
Photography
Alexa Birdsong
Other
Joy Birdsong
Researcher
Joy Birdsong
Associate Producer
Jeremey Birkbeck
Assistant
St Clair Bourne
Assistant
Blanche Brann
Assistant
Leo Branton
Assistant
Ron Brower
Other
Claire Burch
Assistant
John Calley
Assistant
Emile Capouya
Assistant
Engin Cezzar
Other
Engin Cezzar
Photography
Ernest Champion
Assistant
Howard Chapnick
Assistant
Kendall Christiansen
Assistant
Alain Cinquini
Assistant
Kenneth Clark
Assistant
Yves Coatsilou
Photography
Bob Cohen
Camera Assistant
Bill Cole
Other
Val Coleman
Assistant
John Coltrane
Music
Douglas Cooper
Photography
Janet Cosby
Assistant
Paul Cote
Sound
Cristine Cottin
Assistant
Marc Crawford
Assistant
Walter Dallas
Assistant
Walter Dallas
Photography
Frank Dandridge
Photography
Ossie Davis
Assistant
Ani De La Jara
Assistant
Ruby Dee
Assistant
Joe Degennaro
Assistant
Linda Demerit
Assistant
Douglas K Dempsey
Graphic Designer
Douglas K Dempsey
Writer
Douglas K Dempsey
Photography
Douglas K Dempsey
Other
Douglas K Dempsey
Coproducer
Deborah Dickson
Assistant
Bill Dill
Photography
Howard Dodson
Consultant
T A Dorsey
Song
Kathy Dougherty
Assistant
Diane Dufault
Assistant
Marcel Dumont
Assistant
Laura Eicholz
Assistant
Duke Ellington
Music
Onita Estes-hicks
Assistant
Carl Falsgraf
Assistant
Bob Faw
Assistant
Phillip Fenty
Assistant
Duncan Forbes
Camera Assistant
Frances Foster
Other
Harlene Freezer
Assistant
Susan Froemke
Assistant
Mildred Garris
Assistant
Henry Louis Gates
Consultant
Lalia M Giordano
Assistant
Benny Golson
Song
Jacques Gomot
Photography
Dexter Gordon
Music
Herb Graff
Archival Footage
Donna Gray
Assistant
Sandra Guthrie
Sound Editor
Sandra Guthrie
Editor
Ellis Haizlip
Assistant
Philip B Hallen
Assistant
Ned Hallick
Gaffer
Lynda Hansen
Assistant
Lucien Happersberger
Other
Bernard Hassel
Other
Andrew Heiskell
Assistant
Bernard Hermann
Photography
Matt Herron
Photography
Henri Herve
Assistant
Hugh A Hill
Assistant
Rumeli Hisair
Other
Timothy Housel
Photography
Juanita R Howard
Researcher
Zeynep Ilgin
Assistant
Rob Issen
Animator
Anthony Jamieson
Assistant
Leisa Jenkins
Researcher
Walis Johnson
Assistant
Clarence Jones
Assistant
Michael Karas
Sound
Arthur Katz
Assistant
Yashar Kemal
Other
Alfred A Knopf
Photography
Christopher Kogler
Animator
Pierre Koralnik
Assistant
Susan C Korda
Assistant
Richard Korn
Assistant
Tom Krueger
Camera Assistant
M Kurtz
Music
Susan Lacy
Executive Producer
Michael Lawrence
Assistant
Lise Lebeuf
Sound Editor
Hubert Lechampion
Photography
David Leeming
Consultant
David Leeming
Photography
David Leeming
Other
David W Leitner
Assistant
Don Lenzer
Photography
M P Levasseur
Assistant
David Linx
Assistant
Lisa Livingston
Assistant
Vic Losick
Assistant
Joe Lovell
Assistant
Danny Lyon
Photography
Don Marbury
Assistant
Albert Maysles
Assistant
Albert Maysles
Executive Producer
Gillian Maysles
Assistant
Catherine Mclaughlin
Assistant
Irma Mclaurin-allen
Assistant
Jason Mcmanus
Assistant
Lionel Mcmurren
Assistant
Gloria Mcneal
Assistant
Dahi Mezrahi
Assistant
Sam Mezrahi
Assistant
William Miles
Producer
Peter G. Miller
Sound
I Mills
Music
Daniel H Minnassian
Photography
James Moody
Song Performer
Charles Moore
Photography
Jelly Roll Morton
Music
Harry Moses
Assistant
James Briggs Murray
Other
Alan Neigher
Assistant
Bill Nisselson
Assistant
Gil Noble
Assistant
Gerald O'grady
Assistant
Odetta
Song Performer
Odetta
Song
Babatunde Olatunji
Music
Steven Olswang
Editor
Dr. Dean Ornish
Assistant
Cynthia Packard
Other
Sedat Pakay
Archival Footage
Roger Phenix
Sound
Monique Leveque Polgar
Researcher
Dave Pomeroy
Assistant
Barbara Preiskel
Assistant
Pola Rapaport
Assistant
Raymond Ray
Assistant
Simone Reber
Researcher
Ishmael Reed
Other
Missie Rennie
Assistant
Beverly Roberts
Assistant
Gil Rogin
Assistant
Shirley Sands
Assistant
Amy Seplin
Researcher
Vildan Sevker
Assistant
Julian Seymour
Researcher
Bobby Short
Music Arranger
Bobby Short
Other
Beth Simon
Assistant
David S Singer
Other
Laura Sklar
Assistant
Sandi Skodnik
Assistant
Michael Small
Assistant
Ernie Smith
Archival Footage
Jerome Smith
Assistant
James Snead
Consultant
John B Stokes
Assistant
Richard B Stolley
Assistant
Billy Strayhorn
Music
William Styron
Other
Lynn Sullivan
Assistant
Gulriz Sururi
Assistant
Stan Sztaba
Other
Emmy Thorsen
Assistant
Film Details
Also Known As
American Masters (08/14/89)
Genre
Documentary
Release Date
1989
Technical Specs
Duration
1h 30m