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I Am Not Your Negro

Available screening types

Virtual

On-demand

In-person

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

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