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I am not your negro / Velvet Film, Inc. (USA), Velvet Film (France) present in coproduction with Artémis Productions, Close Up Films ; in coproduction with ARTE France, Independent Lens, RTS Radio Télévision Suisse, RTBF (Télévision belge), shelter prod ; written by James Baldwin ; directed by Raoul Peck ; produced by Rémi Grellety, Raoul Peck, Hébert Peck ; a Raoul Peck film.

Format Video (DVD)
Publication Info Los Angeles, CA : Magnolia Home Entertainment, [2017]
Description1 videodisc (approximately 94 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Subject(s)
Other author/creatorBaldwin, James, 1924-1987 screenwriter, onscreen participant.
Other author/creatorPeck, Raoul, film director, film producer, compiler, editor.
Other author/creatorGrellety, Rémi film producer.
Other author/creatorPeck, Hébert, 1958- film producer.
Other author/creatorStrauss, Alexandra, editor of moving image work.
Other author/creatorAdebonojo, Henry, 1959- director of photography.
Other author/creatorRoss, Bill, 1980- director of photography.
Other author/creatorRoss, Turner, 1982- director of photography.
Other author/creatorAĭgi, Alekseĭ, composer (expression)
Other author/creatorJackson, Samuel L. narrator.
Other author/creatorBelafonte, Harry, 1927-2023 onscreen participant.
Other author/creatorBrando, Marlon onscreen participant.
Other author/creatorCavett, Dick onscreen participant.
Other author/creatorBush, George W. (George Walker), 1946- onscreen participant.
Other author/creatorMotion picture adaptation of (work) Baldwin, James, 1924-1987 Remember this house.
Other author/creatorVelvet Film GmbH, production company.
Other author/creatorArtémis productions (Belgium) production company.
Other author/creatorARTE France production company.
Other author/creatorRadio-télévision suisse production company.
Other author/creatorRadio-Télévision belge de la communauté culturelle française production company.
Other author/creatorMagnolia Home Entertainment (Firm), publisher.
Physical mediumDVD video 4 3/4 in.
Contents Documentary (total running time 93:41 minutes : sound, black and white with color sequences): On Cavett -- Paying my dues -- Heroes -- Witness -- Memorandum -- Philosophies -- I was not a racist -- Medgar Evers -- Purity -- Sex symbols -- Selling the negro -- I'm sorry -- War -- What I know -- MLK Jr. -- Senseless.--
Contents Special features (total running time 89:19 minutes : sound, color): Interview with director Raoul Peck -- (57:50 minutes) -- Q&A session with Samuel L. Jackson -- (14:25 minutes) -- Q&A session with director Raoul Peck -- (14:37 minutes) -- Video photo gallery -- (2:27 minutes) (archival black and white photos against mahogany table top, with background music).
Abstract Using James Baldwin's unfinished final manuscript, Remember This House, this documentary follows the lives and successive assassinations of three of the author's friends, Medgar Evers, Malcolm X and Martin Luther King Jr., delving into the legacy of these iconic figures and narrating historic events using Baldwin's original words and a flood of rich archival material. An up-to-the-minute examination of race in America, this film is a journey into black history that connects the past of the Civil Rights movement to the present of #BlackLivesMatter.
Abstract "I Am Not Your Negro envisions the book James Baldwin never finished, a radical narration about race in America, using [only] the writer's original words, as read by actor Samuel L. Jackson. Alongside a flood of rich archival material, the film draws upon Baldwin's 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. Raoul Peck's Oscar-nominated documentary 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. And, ultimately, by confronting the deeper connections between the lives and assassination of these three leaders, Baldwin and Peck have produced a work that challenges the very definition of what America stands for."--PBS, About the documentary.
Local noteLittle--305131068329+
General noteSpecial features: Interview with director Raoul Peck; Q&A session with Samuel L. Jackson; Q&A session with director Raoul Peck; video photo gallery.
General noteBased on James Baldwin's unfinished book, "Remember this house."
General noteDVD release of the 2016 motion picture.
General noteOriginally produced as a documentary film in 2016.
General noteWidescreen (16x9, 1.85)
CreditsJames Baldwin material compiled and edited by Raoul Peck ; editor, Alexandra Strauss ; directors of photography, Henry Adebonojo, Bill Ross, Turner Ross ; original score by Alexei Aigui.
Performer With the voice of Samuel L. Jackson ; featuring James Baldwin, Harry Belafonte, Marlon Brando, Dick Cavett, Ray Charles, George W. Bush.
Audience MPAA rating: PG-13; for disturbing violent images, thematic material, language and brief nudity.
Technical detailsDVD, NTSC, region 1, widescreen (1.85:1) presentation ; Dolby digital 5.1 surround.
LanguageIn English with optional subtitles in Spanish, English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing (SDH).
Genre/formDocumentary films.
Genre/formFeature films.
Genre/formFilm adaptations.
Genre/formHistorical films.
Genre/formHistory.
Genre/formNonfiction films.
Genre/formNonfiction films.
Genre/formDocumentary films.
Genre/formHistorical films.
Genre/formFeature films.
Genre/formFilm adaptations.
Other title Independent lens (Television program)
UPC 876964011891
Publisher number11189 Magnolia Home Entertainment

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