Review of I Am Not Your Negro (2017) by Kaleb R — 22 Apr 2018

This movie was extremely powerful. Between the sleek, stylistic filming; well-purposed melange of historic photographs and footage with more modern clips; tone setting music; and a haunting narration by Samuel Jackson, the film delivers a powerful message while staying true to and focused on the original author James Baldwin.

My only critique is that the film failed to inform on a few levels. For instance, as someone who had never heard of Medgar Evers, I had trouble understanding the gravity of his contributions and death. I felt at times one needed to be very well-educated in the source material to understand the impact of the documentary. That being said, maybe the obligation of being better informed falls on me.