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I Am Not Your Negro

I Am Not Your Negro

Documentary

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

The critical consensus

Peck has crafted a cinematic experience to both savour and learn from.

****(*)Matthew Eng, Little White Lies, 02/02/2017

I Am Not Your Negro is a riveting, thought-provoking work, and would make a devastating double-bill with its fellow 2017 Oscar-nominee Ava DuVernay's 13th.

*****Angie Errigo, The List, 03/04/2017

Peck’s film may have been an Oscars bridesmaid but it turns Baldwin’s prescient words into a staggering achievement. It’s an exhilarating blast of focused fury.

****(*)Jimi Famurewa, Empire Online, 03/04/2017

I Am Not Your Negro isn't as pessimistic as its downbeat tone suggests it should be. Baldwin's commentary is intended to provoke, not to induce despair.

****(*)Geoffrey Macnab, The Independent, 05/04/2017

An astonishing piece of filmmaking: engrossing, intellectually rigorous – and depressingly timely.

*****Alistair Harkness, The Scotsman, 06/04/2017

I Am Not Your Negro was an Oscar contender back in February and is one of the most thought-provoking documentaries you will see this year.

*****Allan Hunter, Daily Express, 07/04/2017

Raoul Peck dramatises the author’s memoir of Malcolm X, Martin Luther King Jr and Medgar Evers, in this vivid and vital documentary.

****(*)Peter Bradshaw, The Guardian, 07/04/2017

The civil-rights-era writer’s words are brought to life by Samuel L Jackson in a primer on the writer’s work.

****(*)Simran Hans, The Observer, 09/04/2017

Where and when?

Cameo, Edinburgh from Friday April 21, 2017, until Thursday April 27, 2017. More info: http://www.picturehouses.co.uk/

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