Meeting the Man: James Baldwin in Paris

In 1970, a British film crew set out to craft a straightforward literary portrait of James Baldwin, anchored in Paris, insisting on shelving his political activism. Baldwin bristled at their questions, and the result is a fascinating, confrontational, often uncomfortable clash between filmmaker and subject, as the author visits the Bastille and other Parisian landmarks and contemplates revolution, colonialism, and what it means to be a Black expatriate in Europe.