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Raoul Peck’s, 'I Am Not Your Negro,' Is a Must-Watch In the Wake of George Floyd’s Murder

Revisiting James Baldwin's writing from decades past, this documentary shows just how little the Black experience in the US has changed.

Haitian filmmaker Raoul Peck's masterpiece, I Am Not Your Negro, was released in 2016, but is based on James Baldwin's last unpublished book, Remember This House.I am not Your Negro captures Baldwin's reflections on the assassinations of his three close friends, Martin Luther King Jr., Malcolm X and Medgar Evers, in the height of the civil rights movement. It also draws on Baldwin's lived experiences as a Black man in America who lived from 1924-1987 and his active writing career that spanned over four decades.

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13 of Our Favorite Books On Black Resistance and Revolution

Here are 13 of the most influential books about resistance and revolution by black visionaries.

This month at OkayAfrica, we're celebrating Black revolution—icons and movements throughout history that have fostered revolutionary thinking and encouraged social progress.

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Barry Jenkins' Next Film Will Be An Adaptation of James Baldwin's 'If Beale Street Could Talk'

The director of 'Moonlight' is set to adapt James Baldwin's 1974 book 'If Beale Street Could Talk,' into a feature film.

Meet Raoul Peck, Director of the Powerful New James Baldwin Documentary 'I Am Not Your Negro'

The filmmaker behind 'I Am Not Your Negro' discusses James Baldwin and the creative process behind his unconventional new documentary.

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