Native Son Resources

Native Son, a movie directed by Pierre Chenal. Though this film doesn’t have very good reviews, Richard Wright himself does star as Bigger Thomas.

Native Son a 1986 movie directed by Jerrold Freedman. This film didn’t get very good reviews either, but Matt Dillon plays Jan and Oprah acts as Bigger’s mother.

Richard Wright: Black Boy, a PBS production.

A photo of Richard Wright writing at his desk.

A stamp of Richard Wright. You know you've made it into history when you're stamp-ified.

Time Magazine picked Native Son as one of the 100 best English-language novels since 1923.

Some information on Richard Wright’s life and a bibliography of resources for further reading.