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Billy Dee Williams and “One Of The Most Interesting People I’ve Ever Known”

Billy Dee Williams and “One Of The Most Interesting People I’ve Ever Known”

Update: 2024-08-12
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Celebrated Hollywood actor and bestselling memoirist Billy Dee Williams (WHAT HAVE WE HERE?) goes behind the scenes about his friendship with James Baldwin and Baldwin’s love (and critique) of Hollywood. Then Baldwin historian Ed Pavlić dives into Baldwin’s love of cinema, his love/hate relationship with Hollywood, and his impact on American film culture.


This podcast is a production of Penguin Random House Media + Knopf Publishing. It is hosted by Cree Myles, produced by Stephanie Bowen and Shalea Harris, edited by Clayton Gumbert, and executive produced by Trevor Baldwin.

For more information and to get the deluxe centenary editions of James Baldwin’s works, check out JamesBaldwinBooks.comJamesBaldwin.info, and All Ways Black

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Billy Dee Williams and “One Of The Most Interesting People I’ve Ever Known”

Billy Dee Williams and “One Of The Most Interesting People I’ve Ever Known”

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