JAMES BALDWIN (1924-1987) was a novelist, essayist, playwright, poet, and social critic. Born in Harlem in New York City, he moved to Paris at the age of twenty-four to escape prejudice in the United States. Among his more than twenty works are Go Tell It on the Mountain, Notes of a Native Son , and The Fire Next Time . A tireless activist and human rights advocate, his writings have changed many lives throughout the world.
RAOUL PECK is a filmmaker acclaimed for his historical, political, and artistic work. Haitian-born, he grew up in Congo, France, Germany, and the United States. His body of work includes the films The Man by the Shore (Competition, Cannes 1993); Lumumba (Cannes 2000, HBO); and Sometimes in April (2005, HBO). He is currently chairman of the French national film school, La Fémis, and recently completed his next feature film, The Young Karl Marx (2017).
