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Documentary Screening: I AM NOT YOUR NEGRO

DC Public Library Celebrating James Baldwin’s 100th Birthday

Oscar nominee "I Am Not Your Negro" envisions the book James Baldwin never finished to examine race in America then and now.

ABOUT THE DOCUMENTARY

I Am Not Your Negro envisions the book James Baldwin never finished, a radical narration about race in America, using the writer’s original words, as read by actor Samuel L. Jackson. Alongside a flood of rich archival material, the film draws upon Baldwin’s notes on the lives and assassinations of Medgar Evers, Malcolm X, and Martin Luther King Jr. to explore and bring a fresh and radical perspective to the current racial narrative in America.

Raoul Peck’s Oscar-nominated documentary is a journey into black history that connects the past of the Civil Rights movement to the present of #BlackLivesMatter. It is a film that questions black representation in Hollywood and beyond. And, ultimately, by confronting the deeper connections between the lives and assassination of these three leaders, Baldwin and Peck have produced a work that challenges the very definition of what America stands for.

Credits

Velvet Film presents
in coproduction with Artémis Productions and Close Up Films
in coproduction with ARTE France, RTS Radio Télévision Suisse, RTBF (Télévision Belge), Shelter Prod

Written by
James Baldwin

Directed by
Raoul Peck

With the Voice of
Samuel L. Jackson

Edited by
Alexandra Strauss

Archival Research
Marie-Hélène Barbéris
Prudence Arndt

Archival Research Assistant
Nolwenn Gouault

Animation and Graphics
Michel Blustein

Director of Photography
Henry Adebonojo
Bill and Turner Ross

Music Composed by
Alexei Aigui

Sound Design
Valérie Le Docte
David Gillain

Produced by
Rémi Grellety
Raoul Peck
Hébert Peck

Co-Produced by
Patrick Quinet
Joëlle Bertossa

With the full support and collaboration of the James Baldwin Estate
Gloria Karefa-Smart and Eileen Ahearn

James Baldwin Material Compiled and Edited by
Raoul Peck

Consulting Editor
Sam Pollard

Consulting Producer
Audrey Rosenberg

Legal Counsel
Nina Shaw
Karen Shatzkin

New York Production Team
Production Manager
Desiree Jellerette

Production Assistants
Kenneth Snyder
Jahi Nielsen
Dustin Bamberg

Casting Assistant
Kinyarda Wright

Make-up
Jacen Bowman

1st Assistants Camera
Leroy Chen
Pierce Robinson

DIT
Trevor Cohen

Electric
Matthew Radican

Grip
John Guillen

Sound
Sergio Da Costa

Portraits
Boadil Alequin
Whitney Benjamin
Sifu Cecil
Avia Hicks-Chapman
Stacey Daniels
Tristao Darius Azor
Aigner Davis
Betty Ethredge
Yared Glicksman
Shumeria Harris
Candice Jean-Jacques
Ashley Johnson
Gary McNeil
Stephanie McRae
Roni Mejio Cruz
Nercido Mota
Jahi Nielsen
Ronald Odom
Terriann Peters
Macc Plaise
Darrell Pope
Taylor Rankin
Valluru B Rao
Celester Rich
Burl Rogers
Cathy Salvodon
Gerri Shaw
David Taylor
Jada Toro
Florie-Laur Zadigue Dube
Antonio Vizcarrondo

Assistant to Mr. Peck
Helena Goncalves

Production Assistants
Cécile Vernant
Erica Richardson

Post-Production Manager
Julien Melebeck

Color Grading
Veerle Zeelmaekers
Peter Bernaers

Online Editing
Aldo Mulone
Dominique Marcel
Sofiane Mehelleb

Colorization and Restoration
Samuel François-Steininger

Assistant Editors
Karim-Daniel Clesca
Pauline Archange
Jean Decré
Natalie James
Cécile Gianfrotta
Brendan Jenkins

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