I Am Not Your Negro

The New York Times bestseller based on the Oscar nominated documentary filmIn June 1979 the writer and civil rights activist James Baldwin embarked on a project to tell the story of America through the lives of three of his murdered friends: Medgar Evers Malcolm X and Martin Luther King Jr. He died before it could be completed. In his documentary film I Am Not Your Negro Raoul Peck imagines the book Baldwin never wrote using his original words to create a radical powerful and poetic work on race in the United States - then and today. Thrilling . . . A portrait of one mans confrontation with a country that murder by murder as he once put it devastated my universe The New York TimesBaldwins voice speaks even more powerfully today . . . the prose-poet of our injustice and inhumanity . . . The times have caught up with his scalding eloquence Variety A cinematic séance . . . One of the best movies about the civil rights era ever made Guardian I Am Not Your Negro turns James Baldwin into a prophet Rolling Stone Review Lets James Baldwins searing work soar . . . you will be astounded by the brilliance of his polemic -- Geoffrey Macnab ―IndependentA 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 withsympathy the root causes ―GuardianThrilling. . . . A portrait of one mans confrontation with a country that murder by murder as he once put it devastated my universe ―New York TimesBaldwins voice speaks even more powerfully today . . . the prose-poet of our injustice and inhumanity . . . The times have caught up with his scalding eloquence ―VarietyI Am Not Your Negro turns James Baldwin into a prophet ―Rolling Stone About the Author James Baldwin (Author) Born in Harlem in 1924 James Baldwin was a novelist essayist playwright poet social critic and the author of more than twenty books. His first novelGo Tell It on the Mountain appeared in 1953 to excellent reviews and his essay collectionThe 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 Fémis.