Movie
I Am Not Your Negro
Overview
Working from the text of James Baldwin’s unfinished final novel, director Raoul Peck creates a meditation on what it means to be Black in the United States.
Details
- Release date
- 2017-02-03
- Runtime
- 93 min
- Genres
- Documentary
- Status
- Released
- Production
- Independent Lens, RTBF, ARTE, Shelter Prod, RTS, Velvet Film
- Country
- Belgium, France, United States of America
- Original language
- EN
Cast
- Samuel L. Jackson as Narrator (voice)
- JoeyStarr as Narrateur (voix-off)
- Arnold Schwarzenegger as Self
- Billy Dee Williams as Self
- Rod Steiger as Self
Crew
- Raoul Peck - Director
- James Baldwin - Writer
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