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I am Not a Negro (VOA)
Location
Main screening room
Date
June 21st, 2021
Duration
93 min
Cycle
Noir.e.s à la caméra

The recurrent cycle Noir.e.s à la caméra allows us to discover works directed or produced by African or Afrodescendant filmmakers throughout the history of cinema.

I Am Not Your Negro
Directed by
Raoul Peck
Language
VOA
Actors
Samuel L. Jackson, James Baldwin, Martin Luther King
Origins
Switzerland, France, Belgium, USSA
Year
2016
Duration
93 min
Genre
Documentary
Format
Digital
Synopsis

Writer James Baldwin tells the story of race in modern America with his unfinished novel, Remember This House.

I Am Not Your Negro
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Raoul Peck

Raoul Peck, born in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, is a Haitian filmmaker, screenwriter, film producer, and political figure. His film I Am Not Your Negro was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature in 2017. He also directed Lumumba (2000), inspired by the story of Patrice Lumumba and the role played in the Democratic Republic of the Congo's independance and The Young Karl Marx (2017), a film about the youth of Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels in Germany, Paris, and London.

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