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DVD

I am not your negro

Call Number

  • DVD 323.1196 I1115 (CEN, EAS, POW)

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Languages

In English, with optional Spanish subtitles; English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing.

Performers

With the voice of Samuel L. Jackson.

Publication Information

Los Angeles, CA : Magnolia Home Entertainment, 2017.

Physical Description

1 videodisc (approximately 94 minutes) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.

Audience

MPAA rating: PG-13; for disturbing violent images, thematic material, language and brief nudity.

Summary

Master filmmaker Raoul Peck envisions the book James Baldwin never finished, Remember This House. The result is a radical, up-to-the-minute examination of race in America, using Baldwin's original words and flood of rich archival material. I Am Not Your Negro is a journey into black history that connects the past of the Civil Rights movement to the present of #BlackLivesMatter. It is a film that questions black representation in Hollywood and beyond. And, ultimately, by confronting the deeper connections between the lives and assassination of Medgar Evers, Malcolm X and Martin Luther King Jr., Baldwin and Peck have produced a work that challenges the very definition of what America stands for.

Notes

Title from container.

Based on James Baldwin's unfinished manuscript, "Remember this house."

Originally produced as a documentary in 2016.

Special features: Interview with director Raoul Peck ; Q&A session with Samuel L. Jackson ; Q&A session with director Raoul Peck ; video photo gallery.

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