{"id":15674,"date":"2019-06-28T15:04:00","date_gmt":"2019-06-28T22:04:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/independentlens\/?post_type=films&#038;p=15674"},"modified":"2025-05-20T11:05:12","modified_gmt":"2025-05-20T18:05:12","slug":"i-am-not-your-negro","status":"publish","type":"films","link":"https:\/\/dipsy.pbs.org\/independentlens\/documentaries\/i-am-not-your-negro\/","title":{"rendered":"I Am Not Your Negro"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">I Am Not Your Negro <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">envisions the book James Baldwin never finished, a radical narration about race in America, using the writer\u2019s original words, as read by actor Samuel L. Jackson. Alongside a flood of rich archival material, the film draws upon Baldwin\u2019s notes on the lives and assassinations of Medgar Evers, Malcolm X, and Martin Luther King Jr. to explore and bring a fresh and radical perspective to the current racial narrative in America.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Raoul Peck&#8217;s Oscar-nominated documentary<\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">is a journey into black history that connects the past of the Civil Rights movement to the present of #BlackLivesMatter. It is a film that questions black representation in Hollywood and beyond. 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