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I Am Not Your Negro offers an incendiary snapshot of James Baldwin's crucial observations on American race relations -- and a sobering reminder of how far we've yet to go.
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I Am Not Your Negro is an utterly brilliant film - bold, galvanising, even gripping... September 13, 2017 | Rating: 4.5/5 | Full Review…
I Am Not Your Negro is an utterly brilliant film - bold, galvanising, even gripping...
Paul Byrnes
... Baldwin's words - sometimes spoken by Samuel L. Jackson - guide us through the narrative, which marries archival footage of Baldwin in interviews and forums with film of his era's political and cultural milestones. September 13, 2017 | Rating: 4/5 | Full Review…
... Baldwin's words - sometimes spoken by Samuel L. Jackson - guide us through the narrative, which marries archival footage of Baldwin in interviews and forums with film of his era's political and cultural milestones.
Sandra Hall
Baldwin re-emerges as a devastatingly eloquent speaker and public intellectual; a figure who deserves his place alongside Edward Said, Frantz Fanon or Gore Vidal. April 7, 2017 | Rating: 4/5 | Full Review…
Baldwin re-emerges as a devastatingly eloquent speaker and public intellectual; a figure who deserves his place alongside Edward Said, Frantz Fanon or Gore Vidal.
Peter Bradshaw
Raoul Peck's lyrical documentary was nominated for an Oscar this year, and it really should have won. April 6, 2017 | Rating: 4/5 | Full Review…
Raoul Peck's lyrical documentary was nominated for an Oscar this year, and it really should have won.
Ed Potton
It's an astonishing, often challenging and sharp examination of race in the United States, confronting how the country's history repeats and how Baldwin insisted we must remember, relentlessly question, remain conscientious and resist. February 24, 2017 | Rating: 3.5/4 | Full Review…
It's an astonishing, often challenging and sharp examination of race in the United States, confronting how the country's history repeats and how Baldwin insisted we must remember, relentlessly question, remain conscientious and resist.
Durga Chew-Bose
The result - hard-hitting and insightful - is a reminder that the more things change, the more they stay the same. February 23, 2017 | Rating: 3.5/4 | Full Review…
The result - hard-hitting and insightful - is a reminder that the more things change, the more they stay the same.
Bruce DeMara
Baldwin's fury and his despair come through in vivid fashion, making this film not just an important social document, but an essential work of art. March 23, 2020 | Full Review…
Baldwin's fury and his despair come through in vivid fashion, making this film not just an important social document, but an essential work of art.
Bilge Ebiri
[It] isn't just a biography of an intellectual or a history lesson about resistance towards white supremacy. The film is all of that, and more, a clear-eyed examination of the ugly wound in the land of the free. February 19, 2020 | Full Review…
[It] isn't just a biography of an intellectual or a history lesson about resistance towards white supremacy. The film is all of that, and more, a clear-eyed examination of the ugly wound in the land of the free.
Tim Brennan
I Am Not Your Negro is montage and meditation, a dialogue between the archive and the present, a road movie without the road. February 5, 2020 | Full Review…
I Am Not Your Negro is montage and meditation, a dialogue between the archive and the present, a road movie without the road.
Siddhartha Mitter
Thirty years after his death, Baldwin's words and deeds still speak to an America that needs to listen. January 15, 2020 | Full Review…
Thirty years after his death, Baldwin's words and deeds still speak to an America that needs to listen.
Chris McCoy
Director Raoul Peck weaves a breathtaking cinematic tapestry. Drawing from old interviews and college lectures, popular movies, blues music, and Baldwin's poetic words, Peck takes us on a tour of history. September 27, 2019 | Full Review…
Director Raoul Peck weaves a breathtaking cinematic tapestry. Drawing from old interviews and college lectures, popular movies, blues music, and Baldwin's poetic words, Peck takes us on a tour of history.
Rhys Tarling
It's been 30 years since Baldwin died, but his words still ring true in this powerful film for a new generation. September 5, 2019 | Full Review…
It's been 30 years since Baldwin died, but his words still ring true in this powerful film for a new generation.
Linda and Al Lerner
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