Tonight’s documentary James Baldwin: The Price of the Ticket (1989) tells the story of the American writer and Civil Rights activist. His influence on the debate about the emancipation of Black Americans cannot be underestimated, nor can the quality of his literary work. “Without using narration, The Price of the Ticket allows Baldwin to tell his own story: exploring what it means to be born black, impoverished, gay and gifted – in a world that has yet to understand that 'all men are brothers.” The film tells the story of how James Baldwin realised the importance of telling what it was like growing up in Harlem in the 1930s, achieving national and international renown, and his retreats to Paris, Istanbul, France and Switzerland to work on his writings.

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