James Baldwin’s own words bring a powerful clarity to how the image and reality of black people in the USA are fabricated and enforced.

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I AM NOT YOUR NEGRO

In 1979, James Baldwin wrote a letter to his literary agent describing his next book Remember This House. It would be a revolutionary, personal account of the lives and assassinations of three of his close friends: Medgar Evers, Malcolm X and Martin Luther King, Jr. But James Baldwin died in 1987, having completed only thirty pages of his manuscript.

In this powerful documentary feature, Director Raoul Peck envisions James Baldwin’s unfinished book. The result is a radical examination of race in America, using Baldwin’s own words and astonishing archival material. The film connects the Civil Rights movement to the present day struggle of #BlackLivesMatter. It questions black representation in Hollywood and beyond. By exploring the deeper connections between the lives and assassination of these three leaders, the film challenges the very idea of what America represents.

“I can’t be a pessimist because I’m alive. I’m forced to be an optimist.” – James Baldwin
USA | 2016 | 92 minutes