I Am Not Your Negro (2016)

  • R
  • 10/01/2016 (US)
  • Documentary
  • 1h 33m

Overview

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.

James Baldwin

Writer

Raoul Peck

Director

Cast

Samuel L. Jackson's headshot

Samuel L. Jackson

Narrator (voice)
James Baldwin's headshot

James Baldwin

Self (archive footage)
Martin Luther King Jr.'s headshot

Martin Luther King Jr.

Self (archive footage)
Malcolm X's headshot

Malcolm X

Self (archive footage)
Medgar Evers's headshot

Medgar Evers

Self (archive footage)
Robert F. Kennedy's headshot

Robert F. Kennedy

Self (archive footage)
Harry Belafonte's headshot

Harry Belafonte

Self (archive footage)
Paul Weiss's headshot

Paul Weiss

Self (archive footage)

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