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I Am Not Your Negro (2017)

R ★ 7.7/10 93 min Documentary Belgium, France, United States English
Director: Raoul Peck
Writer: James Baldwin
Scenario Writer: Raoul Peck
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Description

Working from the text of James Baldwin’s unfinished final novel, director Raoul Peck creates a meditation on what it means to be Black in the United States.

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Top Cast

Samuel L. Jackson
Samuel L. Jackson Narrator (voice)
JoeyStarr
JoeyStarr Narrateur (voix-off)
Arnold Schwarzenegger
Arnold Schwarzenegger Self
Billy Dee Williams
Billy Dee Williams Self
Rod Steiger
Rod Steiger Self

I Am Not Your Negro Appears on 8 Curated Movie Lists

Canon Institutions

Metacritic Must-See Movies of All-Time (Metascore: 81+/100) Redux
Metacritic #100

Critic Curated

Alltime Chicago Tribune Top 100
Chicago Tribune #63
Indiewire's 25 Best Documentaries Of The 21st Century
IndieWire #05
Newsweek The Best Films Of The 21st Century
Newsweek #12
Rolling Stone - The 50 Best Movies Of The 2010s
Rolling Stone #41
Slates The New Black Film Canon The 75 Greatest
Slate Magazine #57

Letterboxd Lists

Official Top 250 Documentary Films
Letterboxd #67
Showdown Freedom Riders
Letterboxd Showdown #11

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