Baldwin's last, unrealized project comes to life, using his original words to create a radical, powerful and poetic work on race in the United States.
James Baldwin (Author)
Born in Harlem in 1924, James Baldwin was a novelist, essayist,
play-wright, poet, social critic, and the author of more than
twenty books. His first novel, Go Tell It on the Mountain, appeared
in 1953 to excellent reviews, and his essay col-lection The Fire
Next Time was a bestseller that made him an influential figure in
the civil rights movement. Baldwin spent many years in France,
where he moved to escape the racism and homophobia of the United
States. He died in 1987.
Raoul Peck (Author)
Raoul Peck is a filmmaker acclaimed for his historical, political,
and artistic work. Born in Haiti, he grew up in Congo, France,
Germany, and the United States. He is currently chairman of the
French national film school, La Femis.
Lets James Baldwin's searing work soar . . . you will be astounded
by the brilliance of his polemic
*Independent*
A striking work of storytelling . . . One of the best movies about
the civil rights era ever made . . . This might be the only movie
about race relations that adequately explains with sympathy the
root causes
*Guardian*
Thrilling. . . . A portrait of one man's confrontation with a
country that, murder by murder, as he once put it, devastated my
universe
*New York Times*
Baldwin's voice speaks even more powerfully today . . . the
prose-poet of our injustice and inhumanity . . . The times have
caught up with his scalding eloquence
*Variety*
I Am Not Your Negro turns James Baldwin into a prophet
*Rolling Stone*
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