In November 1948, James Baldwin left New York and, thanks to a fellowship grant, relocated to Paris. The 24-year-old writer would spend most of the next decade there, escaping American racism and his own social alienation, ensconcing himself in the city’s Algerian quarters and the community of Left Bank artists in Saint-Germain-des-Prés, and writing his first books.
Yashaddai Owens
Director, Writer
The Hill76%
The Last Rifleman66%
Genius64%
Palestine 3678%
Waiting for Anya62%
Radium Girls65%
Final Portrait60%
Jimmy's Hall67%
Eleanor the Great68%
Northfork59%
Viceroy's House66%
The Truth About Emanuel59%
True Spirit69%
Les Misérables73%
Mansfield Park61%
Kings of the Sun61%
House of Bamboo61%
Queen of the Ring67%
Churchill62%
Fast Girls60%