I Am Not Your Negro (2017)

Name: I Am Not Your Negro
Director: Raoul Peck
Genre: Documentary
Released: 2017-02-03
Duration: 1 h 33 min
Cast: Samuel L. Jackson, JoeyStarr, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Billy Dee Williams

Documentary

Director: Raoul Peck

Cast: Samuel L. Jackson, JoeyStarr, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Billy Dee Williams

Runtime93 min

Rating12A

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Working from the text of James Baldwin’s unfinished final novel, director Raoul Peck creates a meditation on what it means to be Black in the United States.

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Fans of provocative documentaries and the work of filmmaker Raoul Peck will appreciate the thought-provoking insights of 'I Am Not Your Negro' (2017), which provides a powerful meditation on the Black experience in America through the lens of James Baldwin's unfinished writings.

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I Am Not Your Negro is a 2016 documentary film and social critique film essay directed by Raoul Peck, based on James Baldwin's unfinished manuscript Remember This House. Narrated by actor Samuel L. Jackson, the film explores the history of racism in the United States through Baldwin's recollections of civil rights movement leaders such as Medgar Evers, Malcolm X and Martin Luther King Jr., as well as his personal observations of American history. The documentary was nominated for Best Documentary Feature at the 89th Academy Awards and won the BAFTA Award for Best Documentary.