I Am Not Your Negro
I Am Not Your Negro (2017) Directed by : Raoul Peck Written by : Raoul Peck, based on James Baldwin's writings Starring : James Baldwin, narrated by Samuel L. Jackson Rating : 14A Release Date : February 24th, 2017 A protester exercises his free speech as a police officer looks on in a still from I Am Not Your Negro Image Source "The story of the negro in America is the story of... America," says James Baldwin, in an archived interview. When I Am Not Your Negro was released slowly throughout 2016 and to general audiences in 2017, James Baldwin had been dead for thirty years; he died of stomach cancer in 1987. Yet, the cancerous roots of racial hatred, slavery and institutional bias have only dug deeper and deeper into the heart of American society. A quick search on whatever search engine you use, reveals seemingly endless factsheets , articles , and staggering injustices like the fact "the vast majority of [U.S.] counties arrest blacks at a