I Am Not Your Negro

Name: I Am Not Your Negro
Director: Raoul Peck
Released: 2017

Raoul Peck 2017

Told entirely in the words of James Baldwin, through both personal appearances and the text of his final unfinished book project, I AM NOT YOUR NEGRO touches on the lives and assassinations of Malcolm X, Martin Luther King Jr., and Medgar Evers to bring powerful clarity to how the image and reality of Blacks in America today is fabricated and enforced.

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Running Time:

95 min.

Spoken Languages:

English

Directors:

Raoul Peck

Producers:

Rémi Grellety, Hébert Peck, Raoul Peck

Cinematographers:

Henry Adebonojo, Bill Ross IV, Turner Ross

Editors:

Alexandra Strauss

Production Companies:

VELVET FILM

Activism

African Cinema and Cul..

Festival Participation

Toronto International Film Festival - 2017
Audience Choice Awards
Berlinale - 2017
Panorama Audience Award
Durban International Film Festival - 2017

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