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I Am Not Your Negro
Documentary
The film is inspired by James Baldwin's unfinished manuscript, Remember This House, a collection of notes and letters written by Baldwin in the mid-1970s. The memoir recounts the lives of his close friends and civil rights leaders Malcolm X, Martin Luther King Jr., and Medgar Evers.
Movie Info
Directed by: Raoul Peck
Narrated by: Samuel L. Jackson
Produced by: Rémi Grellety, Hébert Peck, Raoul Peck
Written by: James Baldwin, Raoul Peck
Based on: Remember This House by James Baldwin
Music by: Alexei Aigui
Edited by: Alexandra Strauss
Production company: Velvet Film, Artemis Productions, Close Up Films
Distributed by: Magnolia Pictures, Amazon Studios
Release date: September 10, 2016 (TIFF), February 3, 2017 (United States)
Running time: 95 minutes
Country: France, United States, Switzerland, Belgium
Language: English
Cast
Samuel L. Jackson - Narration (voice)
James Baldwin as Himself
Martin Luther King asHimself
Malcolm Xas Himself
Medgar Evers as Himself
Robert F. Kennedy as Himself
Harry Belafonte as Himself
Paul Weissas Himself
Dick Cavett as Himself
H. Rap Brown as Himself - Black Panther Party
Bob Dylanas Himself
Leander Perez as Himself - White Citizens Council
Sidney Poitier as Various Roles
Ray Charles as Himself
Doris Day as Various Roles
Gary Cooper as Frank Flannagan
Tony Curtis as John 'Joker' Jackson
Clinton Rosemond as Tump Redwine (clip from They Won't Forget - 1937)
Joan Crawford as Bonnie
Rod Steiger as Gillespie
Richard Widmark as Ray Biddle
Fay Wray as Ann Darrow
Marlon Brando as Himself
Joseph L. Mankiewicz as Himself
Charlton Heston as Himself
Michelle Obama as Herself