Synopsis
“In 1970, a British film crew set out to make a literary portrait of
James Baldwin set in Paris, insisting on setting aside his activism. The author visits Parisian landmarks and reflects on revolution, colonialism, and what it means to be Black in Europe – while bristling at the filmmakers’ questions. Tense, combative, discursive: a meeting with
James Baldwin doesn’t quite go according to plan for a group of presumptuous white filmmakers in this rarely seen, Paris-set short film. An illuminating snapshot of Baldwin’s intellectual worldview that bristles with friction and ideas.” – MUBI
