I AM NOT YOUR NEGRO
by Raoul Peck
synopsis
In I Am Not Your Negro, entirely narrated with the words of James Baldwin, via his personal appearances and the text of his final and unfinished book project, the award-winning director Raoul Peck goes back to the tragic deaths of Malcolm X, Martin Luther King and Medgar Evers to bring a powerful clarity on how the image (and reality) of Blacks in America today is fabricated and enforced. Narrated by Award-winning actor Samuel L. Jackson.
international title: | I Am Not Your Negro |
original title: | I Am Not Your Negro |
working title: | Remember This House |
country: | France, United States, Belgium, Switzerland |
sales agent: | Reservoir Docs |
year: | 2016 |
genre: | documentary |
directed by: | Raoul Peck |
film run: | 95' |
release date: | SE 17/03/2017 |
screenplay: | Raoul Peck, James Baldwin |
cinematography by: | Henry Adebonojo, Bill Ross, Turner Ross |
film editing: | Alexandra Strauss |
music: | Alexei Aigui |
producer: | Raoul Peck, Hébert Peck, Rémi Grellety |
production: | Velvet Film, Artémis Productions, Close Up Films, ARTE France, RTS - Radio Télévision Suisse, RTBF - Radio Télévision Belge Francophone, Independent Television Service (ITVS) with funding provided by Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB) (US) |
backing: | Centre National du Cinéma et de l’Image Animée CNC (FR), Sundance Institute Documentary Film Program (US), National Black Programming Consortium NBPC (US), Cinereach (US), PROCIREP – Société des Producteurs (FR), ANGOA (FR), Taxshelter.be (BE), ING (BE), Tax Shelter Incentive of the Federal Government of Belgium (BE), Cinéforom (CH), Loterie Romande (CH), MEDIA Programme of the European Union |
distributor: | Altitude Film Entertainment Distribution, Cinema Delicatessen, Dulac Distribution, Camera Film, Fivia d.o.o., Midas Filmes, Yleisradio - YLE |