I Am Not Your Negro

I Am Not Your Negro

2017 · 93 min · ★ 7.7 · Documentary

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.

Directed by Raoul Peck · Written by James Baldwin

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