Review of I Am Not Your Negro (2017) by David W — 07 Jun 2017

I am not your Negro brings James Baldwin's vision of modern America and how we come far as human beings for better or worse.

This review of I Am Not Your Negro (2017) was written by David W on 07 Jun 2017.

I Am Not Your Negro has generally received very positive reviews.

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By Kevin C (1,734) on 27 Aug 2017

Movie night with Iris. Angry polemic manuscript, which Peck builds a searing documentary around. It's powerful stuff…

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By Wayne K (446) on 22 Feb 2018

A searing indictment of racism in America, a problem which, it seems, has not been cured but either diluted or transfigured…

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By Blake Howard (505) for Graffiti With Punctuation (173) on 02 Sep 2017

I Am Not Your Negro, is possibly one of the most revelatory, insightful and prescient visual documents on civil rights and race that has ever…

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By Thrillist Entertainment Staff (19) for Thrillist (209) on 28 Nov 2018

This documentary, based on Baldwin's unfinished Remember This House manuscript, offers a view of the United States as disturbingly relevant…

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By Kelvin D (20) on 16 Nov 2017

Regardless of where you stand on the issue of race in the United States, something we can all agree on is there is something wrong here…

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By Sandra Hall (505) for Sydney Morning Herald (1,256) on 12 Sep 2017

Baldwin's words - sometimes spoken by Samuel L…

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By Amir K (37) on 25 Nov 2017

Superb film. Makes amazing points on race…

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By Tomas Trussow (247) for The Lonely Film Critic (186) on 03 Oct 2018

Hearing Baldwin's amazing voice in a theatre is worth the price of admission alone…

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By Toba Singer (10) for culturevulture.net (793) on 19 Dec 2017

Raoul Peck takes a unique approach to documenting the meditations of the late Harlem-born author James Baldwin, who lived as an expatriate…

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By Toby Woollaston (47) for New Zealand Herald (729) on 20 Sep 2017

I Am Not Your Negro is an important film, not just as a document of America's chequered racial history but also as a warning to the world about…

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