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I Am Not Your Negro is documentary film that released in 2016 directed by [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raoul_Peck Raoul Peck]. Based on [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Baldwin]'s unfinished manuscript that narrated by famous actor [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samuel_L._Jackson Samuel L. Jackson] with a tittle [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Remember_This_House Remember This House]. A film that tell a journey of black history that connects the past of the Civil Rights movement to the present of #BlackLivesMatter. Also a film that questioning black representation in Hollywood and beyond. This film was nominated for [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Academy_Award_for_Best_Documentary_Feature Best Documentary Feature] at the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/89th_Academy_Awards 89th Academy Awards] and won the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BAFTA_Award_for_Best_Documentary BAFTA Award for Best Documentary].
 
I Am Not Your Negro is documentary film that released in 2016 directed by [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raoul_Peck Raoul Peck]. Based on [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Baldwin]'s unfinished manuscript that narrated by famous actor [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samuel_L._Jackson Samuel L. Jackson] with a tittle [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Remember_This_House Remember This House]. A film that tell a journey of black history that connects the past of the Civil Rights movement to the present of #BlackLivesMatter. Also a film that questioning black representation in Hollywood and beyond. This film was nominated for [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Academy_Award_for_Best_Documentary_Feature Best Documentary Feature] at the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/89th_Academy_Awards 89th Academy Awards] and won the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BAFTA_Award_for_Best_Documentary BAFTA Award for Best Documentary].
  

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I Am Not Your Negro is documentary film that released in 2016 directed by Raoul Peck. Based on [1]'s unfinished manuscript that narrated by famous actor Samuel L. Jackson with a tittle Remember This House. A film that tell a journey of black history that connects the past of the Civil Rights movement to the present of #BlackLivesMatter. Also a film that questioning black representation in Hollywood and beyond. This film was nominated for Best Documentary Feature at the 89th Academy Awards and won the BAFTA Award for Best Documentary.

Synopsis

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., as well as his personal observations of American History.

Release

The film premiered at the 2016 Toronto International Film Festival, where it won the [Toronto International Film Festival People's Choice Award: Documentaries]. Not long after it, Magnolia Pictures and Amazon Studios acquired distribution rights to the film. Then it was released for an Oscar-qualifying run on December 9,2016, before re-opening on February 3, 2017.

Message

I Am Not Your Negro review: race, rage and the American Dream. Raoul Peck's fluid documentary uses the timeless anger of James Baldwin to animate his history of the black experience in America, from Hollywood stereotypes to police brutality.

Reference

[2] [3] bfi.org.uk/news-opinion/sight-sound-magazine/reviews-recommendations