February 28, 2019
Raoul Peck’s brilliant documentary on racism in America draws a clear line from the Civil Rights struggle to today’s Black Lives Matter movement via the fierce mind of James Baldwin.
Join us for the seventh and FINAL film of the Tournées Film Festival! Haitian filmmaker Raoul Peck’s brilliant documentary on racism in America is an essential work for our era, drawing a clear line from the Civil Rights struggle to today’s Black Lives Matter movement via the thought of James Baldwin, one of the most lucid, fearless American thinkers on race (and many other matters). Based on Baldwin’s unfinished manuscript Remember This House, which considered the history of racism through memories of Baldwin’s friends the civil rights leaders Martin Luther King Jr., Malcolm X, and Medgar Evers, I Am Not Your Negro analyzes white denial and black experience of racial oppression in a historical and contemporary context, bringing Baldwin’s observations into the present through powerful juxtapositions of his words (read in voiceover by Samuel L. Jackson) and, for instance, images of the Ferguson protests. Bring your friends! Snacks will be provided.
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- Time: 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm
- Cost: Free