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JAMES BALDWIN (1924 1987) was a novelist, essayist, playwright, poet, social critic, and the author of more than twenty books. His first novel, <i>Go Tell It on the </i>Mountain, appeared in 1953 to excellent reviews, and his essay collections <i>Notes of a Native Son </i>and <i>The Fire Next Time </i>were bestsellers that made him an influential figure in the civil rights movement.Baldwinspent many years in France, where he moved to escape the racism and homophobia of theUnited States.He died in 1987. RAOUL PECK is a filmmaker acclaimed for his historical, political, and artistic work. Haitian-born, he grew up in Congo, France, Germany, and the United States. His body of work includes the films <i>The Man by the Shore</i> (Competition, Cannes 1993); <i>Lumumba</i> (Cannes 2000, HBO); and <i>Sometimes in April</i> (2005, HBO). He is currently chairman of the French national film school, La Femis, and recently completed his next feature film, <i>The Young Karl Marx</i> (2017).
I Am Not Your Negro is a kaleidoscopic journey through the life and mind of James Baldwin, whose voice speaks even more powerfully today than it did 50 years ago. . . . He was the prose-poet of our injustice and inhumanity. . . . The times have caught up with his scalding eloquence. --Variety A searing and topical indictment of racial prejudice and hatred in America that makes for uneasy viewing and is not easily forgotten. . . . Vividly intelligent. --Hollywood Reporter 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. --The Guardian Thrilling. . . . A portrait of one man's confrontation with a country that, murder by murder, as he once put it, 'devastated my universe.'... One of the best movies you are likely to see this year. --The New York Times
