I Am Not Your Negro
54th New York Film Festival
September 30 - 11, 2016
An elegantly precise and bracing film essay on the still tragic state of race in America from Raoul Peck, based on James Baldwin’s final, unfinished manuscript, Remember This House, in which the author recalled his friends Medgar Evers, Malcolm X and Martin Luther King.
Haitian filmmaker Raoul Peck has taken the 30 completed pages of James Baldwin’s final, unfinished manuscript, Remember This House, in which the author went about the painful task of remembering his three fallen friends Medgar Evers, Malcolm X, and Martin Luther King, and crafted an elegantly precise and bracing film essay. Peck’s film, about the unholy agglomeration of myths, institutionalized practices both legal and illegal, and displaced white terror that have long perpetuated the tragic state of race in America, is anchored by the presence of Baldwin himself in images and words, read beautifully by Samuel L. Jackson in hushed, burning tones. A Magnolia Pictures release.
Academy Award Nominee for Best Documentary Feature
Directors Guild of America Award Nominee for Outstanding Directing – Documentaries
Independent Spirit Award Nominee for Best Documentary Feature
One of the best films you are likely to see this year.
—Manohla Dargis, The New York Times
Stunning ... a striking work of storytelling.
—Jordan Hoffman, The Guardian
A mesmerizing cinematic experience.
—Kenneth Turan, The Los Angeles Times
Unforgettable viewing.
—Deborah Young, The Hollywood Reporter
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