I AM NOT YOUR NEGRO

Plot:

It was during the period that Blacks were striving for racial equality to end the oppression being delivered by Whites in America that human activists Martin Luther King, Jr., Malcolm X and Medgar Evers rose as leaders to break down the racial barriers. To document their ventures was a daring yet creative young writer named James Baldwin who went cross country to cover the struggles that Blacks were suffering at the expense of White people. While he tagged along and then wrote of his experiences he would also end up being targeted by the government as a threat along with the Negro activists who were out for
bettering racial conditions but were deemed a threat to the country.



Reel Talk:

This film is a documentation from the book manuscript "Remember This House" that James Baldwin was writing but never completed, detailing the harsh reality of the racial prejudices from being Black in America that existed then and still exist today. And how because he was willing to write and expose the issues of mistreatment that he would become an enemy of the state forcing him to relocate to another country. There was one quote that I thought was profound when he stated that his role was simply "To move largely and freely to witness and write the story and get it out". From the standpoint of a fellow African American journalist, this movie is powerful because we are still witnessing the struggle today. One word "equality" is all he was pointing out that men like Martin, Malcolm and Medgar died trying to achieve. This is definitely a must see, very educational and strongly suggest schools get involved and recommend their students see it. I was shocked when I found out it was narrated by Samuel L. Jackson who we're use to him normally screaming and shouting (LOL) but his voice delivery was very mellow, almost to the point that I did not recognize it. Excellent documentary movie!!!

Starring: Samuel L. Jackson (Narrator), Archived footage of James Baldwin, Dick Cavett, Martin Luther King, Jr., Malcolm X and Medgar Evers
Directed by: Raoul Peck
Rated: PG-13

I give it 5 corn dogs.

By; THE REEL HUSTLER