I Am Not Your Negro (2017)

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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.

• Released: 2017-02-03
• Genres: Documentary
• Runtime: 1h 33m
• Status: Released
• TMDB rating: 7.7/10 from 542 votes

Directed by Raoul Peck.

Top cast

• Samuel L. Jackson as Narrator (voice)
• James Baldwin as Self (archive footage)
• Martin Luther King Jr. as Self (archive footage)
• Malcolm X as Self (archive footage)
• Arnold Schwarzenegger as Self (archive footage)
• Billy Dee Williams as Self (archive footage)
• Rod Steiger as Self (archive footage)

Full cast & crew

Where to watch I Am Not Your Negro

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• Australia: stream on DocPlay, DocPlay Amazon Channel; watch free on Beamafilm; rent on JustWatch TV Store, Amazon Video, YouTube, Beamafilm; buy on Amazon Video, YouTube

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