I Am Not Your Negro is a 2016 documentary film 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 reminiscences of civil rights leaders Medgar Evers, Malcolm X, and Martin Luther King Jr., as well as his personal observations of American history. It was nominated for Best Documentary Feature at the 89th Academy Awards and won the BAFTA Award for Best Documentary.
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- Genre : Documentary
- Country : Switzerland / France / Belgium / United States
- Language : English / French
- Director : Raoul Peck
- Production : ARTE / Independent Lens / RTBF (Télévision belge) / Radio Télévision Suisse (RTS) / Shelter Prod / Velvet Film
- Distributor : Magnolia Pictures / Altitude Film Distribution / NonStop Entertainment / AmaFilms / Cinema Delicatessen / Edition Salzgeber / Imovision / Magic Hour / Sophie Dulac Distribution / Amazon Studios / Fivia/Cenex / Front Row Filmed Entertainment / Madman Entertainment / Midas Filmes / Yleisradio (YLE)
I Am Not Your Negro movie
I Am Not Your Negro release date
- September 10, 2016 : Canada (Toronto International Film Festival)
- October 1, 2016 : USA (New York Film Festival)
- October 9, 2016 : USA (Hamptons International Film Festival)
- October 20, 2016 : USA (Chicago International Film Festival)
- October 21, 2016 : USA (Middleburg Film Festival)
- October 22, 2016 : USA (Philadelphia International Film Festival)
- November 6, 2016 : USA (Virginia Film Festival)
- November 11, 2016 : USA (MoMA – The Contenders)
- November 15, 2016 : USA (AFI Fest)
- December 9, 2016 : USA (Los Angeles, California)
- December 9, 2016 : USA (New York City, New York)
- January 9, 2017 : USA (Palm Springs International Film Festival)
- February 3, 2017 : USA (limited)
- February 9, 2017 : USA (Portland International Film Festival)
- February 15, 2017 : Germany (Berlin International Film Festival)
- February 17, 2017 : USA
- February 24, 2017 : Canada (limited)
- March 3, 2017 : USA (True/False Film Festival)
- March 17, 2017 : Sweden
- March 30, 2017 : Germany
- April 7, 2017 : Spain
- April 7, 2017 : UK
- April 7, 2017 : Ireland
- April 25, 2017 : France (TV premiere)
- May 10, 2017 : France
- May 12, 2017 : Israel (DocAviv Film Festival)
- June 12, 2017 : Australia (Sydney Film Festival)
- July 26, 2017 : USA (Traverse City Film Festival)
- August 13, 2017 : Australia (Melbourne International Film Festival)
- May 12, 2018 : Japan
I Am Not Your Negro cast
- Samuel L. Jackson as Narration (voice)
- James Baldwin as Self (archiveFootage)
- Martin Luther King as Self (archiveFootage)
- Malcolm X as Self (archiveFootage)
- Medgar Evers as Self (archiveFootage)
- Robert F. Kennedy as Self (archiveFootage)
- Harry Belafonte as Self (archiveFootage)
- Paul Weiss as Self (archiveFootage)
- Dick Cavett as Self (archiveFootage)
- H. Rap Brown as Self – Black Panther Party (archiveFootage)
- Bob Dylan as Self (archiveFootage)
- Leander Perez as Self – White Citizens Council (archiveFootage)
- Sidney Poitier as Various Roles (archiveFootage)
- Ray Charles as Self (archiveFootage)
- Doris Day as Various Roles (archiveFootage)
This 93-minute feature documentary is narrated by Samuel L. Jackson and is inspired by James Baldwin’s unfinished manuscript, Remember This House, a collection of notes and letters written by Baldwin in the mid-1970s. The memoir recounts the lives of his close friends and civil rights leaders Malcolm X, Martin Luther King Jr., and Medgar Evers.
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