Movie

I Am Not Your Negro

2017 · 93 min

A grave, eloquent essay assembled from archival footage and a writer's words, demanding close attention and leaving a heavy, lingering ache.

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.
How it feels: Melancholic, earnest, tense and dark. Measured and demanding.
About: Race, justice, power, identity
Content: Mild violence, sexual content and language. No gore.
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Tone: melancholicstrength 3 of 3
earneststrength 3 of 3
tensestrength 2 of 3
darkstrength 2 of 3
Pacing: measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: demanding, 4 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: race
justice
power
identity
memory
Places: big city
Era: period
Audience: adult
Form: documentary
true story
nonlinear
Content intensity: Gore none
Language mild
Violence mild
Sex mild