I Am Not Your Negro

I Am Not Your Negro
Theatrical release poster
Directed byRaoul Peck
Written by
Based onRemember This House
by James Baldwin
Produced by
Narrated bySamuel L. Jackson
Edited byAlexandra Strauss
Music byAlexei Aigui
Production
companies
Distributed by
Release dates
  • September 10, 2016 (2016-09-10) (TIFF)
  • February 3, 2017 (2017-02-03) (United States)
Running time
95 minutes[1]
Countries
  • United States
  • Germany
LanguageEnglish
Budget$1 million[2]
Box office$9.6 million[1]

I Am Not Your Negro is a 2016 German-American documentary film and social critique film essay directed by Raoul Peck,[3] based on James Baldwin's unfinished manuscript Remember This House. Narrated by actor Samuel L. Jackson, the film explores the history of racism in the United States through Baldwin's recollections of civil rights leaders Medgar Evers, Malcolm X and Martin Luther King Jr., as well as his personal observations of American history.[4] It was nominated for Best Documentary Feature at the 89th Academy Awards and won the BAFTA Award for Best Documentary.[5][6]

  1. ^ a b "I Am Not Your Negro (2016)". The Numbers. Nash Information Services. Retrieved May 29, 2017.
  2. ^ "Trapped in a Burning House: A Review of "I Am Not Your Negro"". Truthout. July 30, 2017. Retrieved June 14, 2018.
  3. ^ MUBI
  4. ^ Young, Deborah (September 20, 2016). "‘I Am Not Your Negro’: Film Review | TIFF 2016". The Hollywood Reporter.
  5. ^ "O.J.: Made in America" wins Best Documentary Feature-Oscars on YouTube
  6. ^ "15 Documentary Feature advance in 2016 Oscar Race". Oscars.org. December 6, 2016. Retrieved January 15, 2017.