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Book

I am not your negro : a major motion picture directed by Raoul Peck

Call Number

  • 791.437 B1816 (CEN, POW)

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Edition

First Vintage International edition.

Publication Information

New York : Vintage Books, 2017.

Physical Description

xxiii, 118 pages ; 21 cm

Summary

Transcript of the documentary film "I am not your negro" by Raoul Peck, composed of unpublished and published writings, interviews, and letters by James Baldwin on the subject of racism in America.

Contents

  • Introduction: On a personal note / Raoul Peck
  • There are new metaphors: meeting Gloria (Baldwin Karefa-Smart)
  • Notes on the writing process
  • Editing I am not your negro
  • Paying my dues
  • Heroes
  • Witness
  • Purity
  • Selling the negro
  • I am not a nigger.

Subjects

Added Authors

Raoul Peck