Our Original 16mm Film was restored and transferred to an HD Digital Master in 2014. Since then we have hosted approximately 300 live events.
This Archive offers details on many of those events -
Including Partners, Co-Hosts and Participants.
2024
2023
~ EVENT #6 ~
March 25, 2026 ~ 8:30am - 3:00pm
Purchase, NY
February 18, 2026 ~ 6:30pm - 8:30pm
Columbus, OH
~ Baldwin Community Conversation ~
Past words. Present truths. Community Engagement.
An evening of reflection, dialogue, and connection inspired by the enduring work of James Baldwin ... inviting participants to engage across differences, deepen understanding and strengthen connections.
Bringing the humanities into conversation with the world beyond campus.
February 14, 2026 ~ 10:00am - 3:00pm
Greenwich, CT
~ Leonard-Litz Pride Convening 2026 ~
November 14, 2025 ~ 6:00pm - 9:30pm
Columbus, OH
~ African American and African Studies Community Extension Center ~
October 3rd ~ 30th, 2025
Stamford, CT
Stamford Pride + Ferguson Library
Present
"Resilience: Stamford Pride Art Exhibit"
~
~ Including Artwork Inspired by James Baldwin! ~
by Morgan Overton, David C. Jackson and Kenya Baleech Alkebu
New Haven, CT
Friends Center for Children, Elm Street Montessori School, Flint Street Theater
Present
"James Baldwin: The Price of the Ticket"
Sag Harbor, Long Island NY
Sag Harbor Cinema Special Presentation of
"James Baldwin: The Price of the Ticket"
Discussion with Susan Lacy
and Karen Thorsen
Presents
!!! Jimmy Turns 100 !!!
Celebrate Baldwin’s 100th Birthday
with UCLA’s Six-Night Film Series
~ The Devil Finds Work: James Baldwin's Cinema of the Mind ~
Friday, July 25th - Friday, August 15th, 2025
~ Six Nights, Six Live Dramatic Readings, A Dozen Films & More ~
FREE and Open to the Public
~ Opening Night ~
Friday, July 25th, 2025 ~ 7:30pm
Los Angeles, CA
**Film Programmer: Beandrea July
UCLA Library Film + Television Archive
At the Famous Billy Wilder Theater
Columbus College of Art & Design +
Department of Liberal Arts
Present
Friday, April 25th, 2025 ... 12:30pm ~ 3:00pm
Columbus, OH
A Special Film Screening
"James Baldwin: The Price of the Ticket"
Discussion w/ Filmmaker Karen Thorsen
and Dept. of Liberal Arts Professor Alice Ragland, PhD.
Wexner Center for the Arts &
OSU College of Arts & Sciences, Office of Engagement
Present
Wednesday, April 23rd, 2025 ... 7:00pm
Columbus, OH
Visiting Filmmaker | Documentaries Series
"James Baldwin: The Price of the Ticket"
Film Screening + Discussion w/ Filmmaker Karen Thorsen
and Associate Dean for Engagement Maurice Stevens, PhD.
Adelphi University &
Center for African, Black and Caribbean Studies
Presents
Monday, March 31st, 2025 ... 2:30pm - 5:00pm
Garden City, NY
“The Fire This Time”
A James Baldwin Centennial Celebration
Film Screening + Discussion w/
Filmmaker Karen Thorsen and Administrator/Mentor Gregory Miller
Privilege Institute &
CT State Community College
w/ James Baldwin Project
Presents
Wednesday, March 26th ~ Saturday, March 29th, 2025
Four Days, 7:30am - 9:00pm
Hartford, CT
#Becoming Antiracist Conference
Featuring Karen Thorsen and Keynote Speakers:
Jessica Care Moore, Oiyan Poon, Omekongo Dibinga, Dante King
Film Screenings, Discussion + Workshops
"James Baldwin: The Price of the Ticket"
Howard University ~
Department of English
Presents
Tuesday, March 18th, 2025 ~ 4:00 - 8:30 PM
Washington, DC
The 73rd Annual Charles Eaton Burch Memorial Lecture
Includes: The Burch Lecture by Karen Thorsen
Refreshments + Film Screening
"James Baldwin: The Price of the Ticket"
Tuesday, March 4th, 7:00 - 9:30 PM ~
Fairfax, VA
The Cheuse Center
George Mason University
Visiting Filmmaker Series
Present
Williams College
Black History Month
Presents
Thursday, February 20th, 7:00 - 9:15 PM ~
Williamstown, MA
CT State Community College
Naugatuck Valley Campus
Presents
Wednesday, February 19th - 11:00AM ~
Waterbury, CT
CT State Community College Presents
~ Cultural Programming Committee Event
Monday, February 3rd, 2025 ~
Danielson, CT
Brooklyn Public Library Presents
~ James Baldwin at 100 ~ Double Feature*
Friday, January 10th, 2025 ~
Brooklyn, NY
African Diaspora International Film Festival Presents
~ James Baldwin Centennial / Women Behind the Camera ~
Two Events, November 30th + December 14th
2024 ~ New York City
Culture4aCause + Five Points Arts Center Present
~ Celebrating 100 Years of James Baldwin ~
Friday, November 15th, 6:00 - 8:30pm
Torrington, CT
WHERE? ~ Five Points Arts Center, 855 University Dr., Torrington, CT ~
Virginia State University Presents
~ The James Arthur Baldwin Symposium ~
October 24th - 26th, 2024
Petersburg, VA
Spoken Word, Readings, Discussions, Screenings and Performances
A Baldwin Conference Hosted by Dr. Pamela D. Reed,
Associate Professor, Languages & Literature, Virginia State University
“Inaugural Read-In + Open Mic” incl. Karen Thorsen’s
“James Baldwin & Identity” Workshop
“James Baldwin: The Price of the Ticket”
Screening + Talkback”
Wayne State University Presents
~ Conversations, Engagements and Responses
to James Baldwin’s Centennial ~
October 15th - 18th, 2024
Detroit, MI
Spoken Word, Readings, Discussions, Screenings and Performances
A Baldwin Conference Hosted by Dr. Melba Joyce Boyd and M.L. Leibler
Inspired by Poet/Artist Sabrina Nelson’s Baldwin Portraits - “Frontline Prophet”
“Inaugural Read-In + Open Mic” Including Karen Thorsen’s
“James Baldwin: Identity, Then & Now” Reading
“James Baldwin: The Price of the Ticket”
Screening + Discussion”
~ TWO EVENTS ! - TWO Discussions - Hartford, CT -
- Saturday, October 19th, 7:30pm
~ Tuesday, October 29th, 6:00pm
"Encounters Dialogue: Life, Love & Loneliness"
A Special Event Amplifying this Production
(Developed by UCONN's Humility & "Conviction in Public Life")
BOTH Events include Discussions with:
Karen Thorsen, Filmmaker + Director, James Baldwin Project
Godfrey L. Simmons, Jr., Artistic Director of HartBeat Ensemble
WHERE? ~ Austin Arts Center, Trinity College, 300 Summit Street, Hartford, CT ~
~ Thursday, October 10 - 11th ~
Middletown, CT
~ Wesleyan University + Middletown Pride Present
"James Baldwin: The Price of the Ticket"
Thursday, 6:30pm Screening + Discussion
Wesleyan High School Humanities Program
Friday, 8:30am Screening + Workshop
w/ High School Students from Six Area Schools
WHERE? ~ Ring Family Performing Arts Hall, Wesleyan University
287 Washington Terrace, Middletown, CT ~
~ Sunday, October 6th - 2:00 - 5:00pm ~
Washington, DC
~ March On Film Festival Presents
"James Baldwin: Born With The Thunder"
Opening Event ~ Dance,Drums, Film Screening of
"James Baldwin: The Price of the Ticket" and Discussion + Q&A"
~ National Archives, William G. McGowan Theater
701 Constitution Ave. NW , Washington, DC 20002 ~
~ Friday, October 4th - 2:00pm ~
Harlem, NYC
~ Schomburg / NYPL + Columbia University AAADS + IRAAS Present
"James Baldwin: The Price of the Ticket"
Free Screening + Discussion + Q&A
Schomburg Center, 515 Malcolm X Blvd New York, NY 10030
~ Thursday, October 3rd - 5:00pm ~
New Haven, CT
Kulturally Lit + New Haven Free Public Library Present
"James Baldwin: The Price of the Ticket"
Free Screening + Discussion + Q&A
NHFPL Ives Main Branch, 133 Elm St, New Haven, CT 06510
~ Thursday, September 26th - 7:00pm ~
Hartford CT
Trinity College + Cinestudio + Bantam Network / Trinity Present
"James Baldwin: The Price of the Ticket"
Screening + Panel Discussion + Q&A
At Cinestudio Theatre, 300 Summit St, Hartford, CT (860) 297-2544
~ Tuesday, September 24th, 2024 - 6:00pm ~
Fairfield CT
NPR / WSHU Public Radio & Sacred Heart University Present"
"James Baldwin: The Price of the Ticket"
Screening + Panel Discussion + Q&A
At the SHU Community Theater!
Artwork + Photography by Ernesto Yerena, Allan Warren, Sedat Pakay
~ Thursday, September 12th, 2024 18:00 hr ~
Paris, France
Centre Curial
Collectif James Baldwin + La Maison Baldwin
Present
Karen Thorsen's
"James Baldwin OutLoud"
(James Baldwin à Haute Voix)
A Spoken Word Performance
w/ Franck Andrieux and Samuel Legitimus
"A Century of Baldwin" at Lincoln Center, NYC
You can join the Baldwin family and luminaries of art
literature and culture for a one-night celebration
of his lasting impact - at Alice Tully Hall, in Lincoln Center.
The program will include performance, music,
distinguished speakers, photos and film excerpts.
Presented by Baldwin United
Excerpts from "James Baldwin: The Price of the Ticket"
courtesy of the James Baldwin Project.
Friday, August 2nd, 7:30pm
Alice Tully Hall, Lincoln Center, NYC
~ Donate / Pay What You Choose ~
"James Baldwin 100th Birthday Slam"
at National Portrait Gallery, Wash DC
Visit the current Art + Portrait Exhibit
"This Morning, This Evening, So Soon:
James Baldwin and the Voices of Queer Resistance"
and attend a live Poetry Slam featuring ARS Poetica.
Photo: Sedat Pakay
Thursday, August 1st, 2024 ~ 5:00pm
National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution
Washington, DC
~ Free Admission! ~
"Appreciation, Then Action"
A James Baldwin Celebration & Symposium
at the Urban Institute, Wash DC
Includes remarks & discussions with:
Lionel Foster, Founder, The Baldwin Prize
Karen Thorsen, Filmmaker, "James Baldwin: The Price of the Ticket"
Justin Joyce, PhD, Editor, James Baldwin Review
Randall K. Johnson, Professor of Law, University of Missouri, UMKC.
“If you alter, even by a millimeter, the way people look at reality, then you can change it.”
~ James Baldwin
Thursday, August 2nd, 9:30am - 1:30pm
Urban Institute
Washington, DC
This Event is By Private Invitation Only!
Thursday, August 2nd, 2024 3:00 - 6:00pm
NYPL / Schomburg Center
515 Malcolm X Boulevard
(135th St and Malcolm X Blvd)
New York, NY 10037
917-275-6975
"Community Screening & Discussion"
35th Anniversary of
"James Baldwin: The Price of the Ticket"
Strathmore + AFI Silver Theatre & Cultural Center
Silver Springs, MD
With Filmmaker Karen Thorsen
&
Performing Arts Producer / Director Katea Stitt
Presented by:
Strathmore Foundation, the Cheuse Center for International Writers
& the American Film Institute
Thursday, August 2nd, 7:00pm
AFI Silver Theatre & Cultural Center
8633 Colesville Road
Silver Spring, MD 20910
301.495.6700
FREE SCREENING!
- Online Film Festival + Live Q & A -
Saturday, June 22nd 7:00-9:00pm Eastern
James Baldwin Project Board Member Wiley Mullins has created:
Featuring Award-Winning Documentarian
CLENNON KING
A FRESH LOOK AT TWO KEY STRUGGLES
OF
THE CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT
A Live ZOOM Event!
Two films, Live Q & A, 2 hours
Discussion with Filmmaker Clennon King & Host Wiley Mullins
Torrington, CT
~ Juneteenth Fundraiser Event for Culture4aCause ~
in collaboration with
Five Points Arts Center + James Baldwin Project
Thursday, June 13th, 6:00-9:00 pm
Culture4aCause kicks off annual Fundraiser “Cocktails 4 a Cause”
with a wine, cognacand whiskey tasting party plus a series of
film screenings & live presentations. Events include:
Ridgefield, CT
~ Opening Night Film + Reception! ~
Ridgefield Independent Film Festival - 2024
Thursday, May 16th, 7:00 pm ~ SOLD OUT! ~
Lisa Cambridge-Mitchell will lead
a discussion and audience Q&A with
Producer / Director Karen Thorsen
A prestigious addition to our ongoing series
of James Baldwin Centennial events, supported statewide
by CT Humanities & CT Cultural Fund.
Hamden, CT
KulturallyLIT ~ “The Year of Baldwin”
+
James Baldwin Project ~ “Identity, Then & Now”
Present:
“James Baldwin: The Price of the Ticket”
Film Screening + Discussion
Sunday, April 7th, 3:00 pm ~ SOLD OUT! ~
Best Video Film & Cultural Center + Possible Futures ~ Programming Partners
Audience Discussion Led by
Ife-Michelle Gardin
Cultural Curator / Founder
Executive Director of KulturallyLIT
Karen Thorsen
James Baldwin Project Director
Filmmaker / Baldwin Collaborator
https://www.kulturallylit.org
https://jamesbaldwinproject.org
https://www.bestvideo.com
https://www.possiblefuturesbooks.com
FREE & OPEN TO THE PUBLIC! 1842 Whitney Avenue, Hamden, CT
(203) 287-9286
Easton, CT
Easton Arts Council + James Baldwin Project Present:
“Black History, Identity & James Baldwin Centennial”
Saturday, March 2nd, 5pm - 8pm
Spoken Word Performance, Art Exhibition and Reception
6:00 PM ~ Don't Miss...
"James Baldwin OutLoud"
Spoken Word Performance by
Kit Briner & Larry Morse
Read & Download Press Release + HERE
~ Our first event of the 2024 James Baldwin Centennial ~
with
Director Karen Thorsen and
former Baldwin student Alexa Birdsong
A Sellout Success ~ Thank You All!
A Film Forum Presentation: Centennial Baldwin Film Series
January 12th thru 25th!
A Bi-Partisan Coalition from
Easton, Redding, and Weston, CT
Presents
"Unsung Heroines: Women of the Civil Rights Era"
In Their Own Words
~ A Zoom Event ~
~ A Zoom Event ~
Norwalk, CT
November 12, 2020 - 6:30-8:30pm
Norwalk Public Library Presents
"One Book. One Community" ~ A Zoom Event
"Forward. Together."
Los Angeles
June 28, 2020
We Are Proud to Contribute a Unique Piece of History
from "James Baldwin: The Price of the Ticket"
As the opening clip to:
"Black Lives Matter: Ending the Pandemic of Racism"
Featuring Patrisse Cullors
Co-Founder, BLM
New York City
May, 2020
Brussels, Belgium
May, 2020
Cinema Galeries Presents
Film Screening & Public Discussion - Hosted by Recognition & Cinema Galeries
New York City
February 2, 2019
New York City
November 1, 2018
Holyoke, MA
October 4, 2018
Bard Holyoke FaceBook ... The Care Center ... Christian Science Monitor
The Care Center
UConn ~ Storrs, CT
English and Africana Studies
A James Baldwin - Themed English Course!
A Prestigious, Semester-Long
Undergraduate English Course
At the University of Connecticut
Presented by Dr. Shawn Salvant
Associate Professor
English and Africana Studies
Filmmaker Karen Thorsen Will Present Excerpts
from our New James Baldwin Digital Curriculum
to spark student discussions on Baldwin.
Celebrate the New Release of
the 1971 Children's Book
"Little Man, Little Man"
by James Baldwin
"Home to Harlem Talks" at the Schomburg Center
Featuring a dialogue with
Jacqueline Woodson
and
Aisha Karefa-Smart
Tejan “TJ” Karefa-Smart
Kia Corthron
Jennifer DeVere Brody
Nicholas Boggs
FREE & Open to the Public
Download the Cover Image HERE
New York City
September 25, 2018
WNET-Thirteen and
PBS ~ The Great American Read
Present
"James Baldwin: The Price of the Ticket" Screenings
at Tisch WNET Studios @Lincoln Ctr
FREE & Open to the Public
with Filmmaker Karen Thorsen
for Q&A / Talkback Session
Filmmakers Karen Thorsen and the late Bill Miles
on the Bosphorus Strait in Istanbul, Turkey
shooting "The Price of the Ticket" in 1988
Download the Flyer HERE
Harlem, NY
June 21, 2018
VH+1 Trailblazer Honors
Ryan Murphy
James Baldwin
ACLU
Sybrina Fulton & Tracy Martin
Parents of Trayvon Martin
30 Years Ago, Our Film Celebrating Baldwin’s Life
Opened with his Memorial Service at the
Cathedral of St. John the Divine.
Now, he is being honored there once again ...
Appearances by
Ricky Martin
Bebe Rexha
The Cast of RuPaul’s Drag Race
and more
The Show Features A Short Tribute
from
“James Baldwin: The Price of the Ticket”
