I Am Not Your Negro

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I Am Not Your Negro is documentary film that released in 2016 directed by Raoul Peck. Based on James Baldwin's unfinished manuscript with a tittle Remember This House that narrated by famous actor Samuel L. Jackson. A film that tell a journey of black history that connects the past of the Civil Rights movement to the present of #BlackLivesMatter. Also a film that questioning black representation in Hollywood and beyond. This film was nominated for Best Documentary Feature at the 89th Academy Awards and won the BAFTA Award for Best Documentary. [1] premiered at the 2016 Toronto International Film Festival, where it won the [Toronto International Film Festival People's Choice Award: Documentaries]. Not long after it, Magnolia Pictures and Amazon Studios acquired distribution rights to the film. Then it was released for an Oscar-qualifying run on December 9,2016, before re-opening on February 3, 2017. [2]

Synopsis

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.

Message

A Message that his film bring is that Race, rage and the American Dream. Raoul Peck's fluid documentary uses the timeless anger of James Baldwin to animate his history of the black experience in America, from Hollywood stereotypes to police brutality. Baldwin’s words juxtaposed over news footage of events like the Ferguson unrest following the death of Michael Brown. And Raoul use this to tie the civil rights movement of the 1960s to the Black Lives Matter movement of today.[3] In a discussion, Raoul says: "We require deep introspection on the issue of racism and how some of our black and brown communities are affected by it in our region. This is not strictly an American problem, it is everywhere.” He continued: “James Baldwin is a central figure in American letters and is one of the most important black voices on racial injustice so we are very proud to be the distributors of this masterpiece and we feel the need to take a stand. Cinema is culture and we can not turn a blind eye and act ‘business as usual’ when we see injustice. We are immensely grateful to all our partners in making this possible and we look forward to expanding these initiatives to promote tolerance and openness across our diverse cultures here.”[4]

Reference

Also Read

https://www.digitalspy.com/tv/a32923235/i-am-not-your-negro-james-baldwin-documentary-reactions/ https://www.timeslive.co.za/sunday-times/lifestyle/2017-10-07-i-am-not-your-negro-draws-parallels-between-black-lives-matter-amp-civil-rights-movements/ https://cinemapolis.org/film/i-am-not-your-negro/ https://www.theguardian.com/film/2017/apr/07/i-am-not-your-negro-review-james-baldwin-raoul-peck-documentary https://www.thedailybeast.com/i-am-not-your-negro-how-hollywood-failed-black-america