Review of I Am Not Your Negro (2017) by Nicolette H — 14 Jan 2017

1st movie of 2017 was this great Documentary. I loved how this was handled. Talks about race in America from the words of James Baldwin. So genius. Once again I'm always surprised with how much I still don't know about History.

Learned so much more. Baldwin's writing was so amazing. He has such a way with words. Sad that what he said back then can still be said with what's going on in the world now. But it was so cool hearing in his own words about his friends Medgar Evers, Martin Luther King Jr & Malcolm X.

Thought it was filmed well. For me got a little slow as most documentaries do for me. As I've said before, Documentaries aren't my favorite type of movie to watch, mostly cause I don't really have access to see them & they are more like a 1 time viewing for me, but this was definitely a stand out of the year.

I always get confused cause it says it's a 2016 film but it comes out this February. It got nominated for a Spirit Award but haven't heard it in conversations for any other awards? So not sure if it is qualified for this Awards season? Lol.

But I think it's definitely good enough to be getting nominations. Raoul Peck did a great job putting this together! If you get the chance to see it you definitely should!