I Am Not Your Negro

"⭐️👏🏼⭐️👏🏼⭐️👏🏼⭐️👏🏼⭐️ All I can say is this is one the best documentaries ever made and everyone needs to see it. Filmmaker Raoul Peck’s breathtaking artfulness amid hard truths and devastating visual juxtapositions; the understated emotional gravitas and softly smoky resonance of Samuel L. Jackson’s narration; and most of all James Baldwin’s own charismatic oratory and eloquently searing words. I was constantly compelled to hit the back button in order to soak in the profundity of his statements as well as his incredibly powerful phrasing. This film ultimately is about holding up a mirror to humanity. Baldwin is masterful in revealing ignorance, hypocrisy and the most inconceivable cruelty possible of a society that has continually turned a blind eye to its own horrific history. “Not everything that is faced can be changed. But nothing can be changed until it has been faced. History is not the past. It is the present. We carry our history with us. We are our history. If we pretend otherwise, we literally are criminals.” ~ James Baldwin "

"Lowkey it’s kinda disrespectful when you read the books that are never intended for release for public. Since the script is just a reading of the book. Not worth it just read what Baldwin actually wrote and finished. "

"This was powerful and emotional! "

"A must-see for everyone."

"Love this author’s works!"

"Much like James Baldwin’s writing a complete narrative that is logical and consistent. This movie was very informative and eye opening."

"Great doc"

"Riveting!"

"AMAZING! Everyone should watch this. I cried, googled and learned a lot. Informative and sad. Eye opening! 💜💜💜"

"Required reading "