Available screening types
Virtual
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Available until
Jan 01, 2026
Available in
United States of America
Brought to you by
Magnolia Pictures
About the film
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.
Genre
Documentary
Runtime
1h 33m
Released
2016
Director
Raoul Peck
Cast
Samuel L. Jackson, Sidney Poitier, Robert F. Kennedy, Ray Charles, Leander Perez, James Baldwin, H. Rap Brown, Martin Luther King, Malcolm X, Harry Belafonte, Paul Weiss, Medgar Evers, Bob Dylan
Awards & recognition
Academy Awards, USA 2017
Nominee Best Documentary Feature
BAFTA Awards 2018
Winner Best Documentary
Berlin International Film Festival 2017
Winner Panorama Audience Award Documentary Film
Hamptons International Film Festival 2016
Winner Audience Award Best Documentary
Dublin International Film Festival 2017
Winner Dublin Film Critics Award Best Documentary
Chicago International Film Festival 2016
Winner Audience Choice Award Best Documentary Feature
What people are saying
‘‘I Am Not Your Negro’ Will Make You Rethink Race‘
A.O. Scott
The New York Times
‘James Baldwin is a towering figure who deserves a great biographical documentary.‘
Owen Gleiberman
Variety