Filmmaker Raoul Peck (Lumumba) went through 30 different titles before he zeroed in on I Am Not Your Negro, a defiant declaration illustrative of the work of influential author James Baldwin, whose ...

In the beginning were the words, the eloquent, muscular, electric language of James Baldwin, a writer who had extraordinary insights into America’s complex racial crisis. But what makes “I Am Not Your ...

On June 13, 1968, just two short months after the assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., author and playwright James Baldwin found himself on the set of the Dick Cavett Show, ABC's (then) ...

Raoul Peck's Oscar-nominated documentary is poised to become Magnolia's breakout hit of 2017. Here's how they pulled it off. READ MORE: ‘I Am Not Your Negro’ Review: Samuel L. Jackson Brings James ...

"The story of the negro in America, is the story of America." Magnolia has unveiled a full theatrical trailer for the documentary I Am Not Your Negro, about the life & legacy of James Baldwin. This ...

When I watched the James Baldwin documentary, I Am Not Your Negro, for the second time, I pondered the intended audience. Who was the your in the title, I wondered. What does your average White James ...

It's impossible to concisely explain the importance of Raoul Peck's I Am Not Your Negro in under 2000 words. It simply cannot be done. In attempting to adapt James Baldwin's unfinished final novel, ...

“The story of the negro in America is the story of America,” narrator Samuel L. Jackson intones in the brutally effective documentary “I Am Not Your Negro.” “It is not a pretty story.” And “I Am Not ...

The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences today announced the nominations for the 89th Oscars and Independent Lens was thrilled to learn that I Am Not Your Negro [official site] received a ...

Raoul Peck's essay film give Baldwin's work a modern day spin. There’s a remarkable cut in the opening minutes of Raoul Peck’s “I Am Not Your Negro” that instantly transforms this insightful cinematic ...

For anyone who grew up when that great American author was alive and making appearances on talk shows, that is the question that crosses the mind every time something of consequence with regard to ...

Somewhat deep into the searing and utterly necessary documentary "I Am Not Your Negro," director Raoul Peck overlays audio from a 1960 U.S. Government film "The Land We Love," in which the narrator ...