The story of how Everett Leroy Jones became Amiri Baraka, from his childhood to the mid '60s, is told through interviews recorded in the late '90s.
Amiri Baraka
Self
Coyt Leroy Jones
Asha Bandele
Hettie Jones
Sekou Sundiata
Quincy Troupe
Marvin X
Allen Ginsberg
Self (archive footage)
Lemonade
Howard
Tupac: Resurrection
Fuck
Junun
LA Originals
Naqoyqatsi
Cadillac Records
Summer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised)
All Eyez on Me
My Mom Jayne
Something from Nothing: The Art of Rap
The Unknown Known
Supersonic
Joy Division
Harmontown
Selena Gomez: My Mind & Me
John Candy: I Like Me
Powaqqatsi
The Velvet Underground