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

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

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Celebrated Hollywood actor and bestselling memoirist Billy Dee Williams 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.

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