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CALVIN LEVELS
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James Baldwin: Down From The MountaintopJames Baldwin: Down From The Mountaintop
Synopsis:
James Baldwin: Down From the Mountaintop depicts the rich and impassioned life of the esteemed American writer recognized for his novels on sexual and personal identity, along with his works of nonfiction, plays, and essays on human rights. Baldwin, intent on providing an insecure actor with the insight necessary to portray him convincingly, returns from the ethereal realm and embodies the actor. He recounts various topics about his life, which include his youth growing up in Harlem as a prodigious reader and child minister, his early intimate relationships, and his association with mentors and friends Beauford Delaney and Richard Wright. He reflects on leaving America and moving to Paris; publishing various works such as, Go Tell It on the Mountain and Giovanni's Room, and on his friendships and rivalries with Marlon Brando, Lorraine Hansberry, Truman Capote, Norman Mailer and Langston Hughes; his sour relationship with the actors Studio; his association with Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., Medgar Evers, Malcolm X, and the civil rights movement up through his death at his home in St. Paul de Vence, France
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1st Produced:
Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, NY 2007
Organisations:
Staged Dreams
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