I Am Not Your Negro
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| Directed by | Raoul Peck |
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| Based on | Remember This House by James Baldwin |
| Narrated by | Samuel L. Jackson |
| Music by | Alexei Aigui |
| Edited by | Alexandra Strauss |
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95 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Box office | $709,500 |
I Am Not Your Negro is a 2016 American documentary film directed by Raoul Peck. Based on James Baldwin's unfinished manuscript Remember This House and narrated by actor Samuel L. Jackson, 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.
The film premiered at the 2016 Toronto International Film Festival, where it won the People's Choice Award in the documentary category. Shortly after, Magnolia Pictures and Amazon Studios acquired distribution rights to the film. It was released for an Oscar-qualifying run on December 9, 2016, before re-opening on February 3, 2017.
I Am Not Your Negro received critical acclaim. On Rotten Tomatoes, the film has an approval rating of 97% based on 78 reviews, with an average rating of 9/10. The site's critical consensus reads, "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." On Metacritic, the film has a score of 96 out of 100, based on 30 critics, indicating "universal acclaim".
As of January 2017, I Am Not Your Negro has won 11 international awards, including the following:
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