Raoul Peck’s award-winning documentary, I AM NOT YOUR NEGRO explores the meaning of black identity and racial struggle that permeates in American society. Peck’s main source material comes from an unfinished manuscript written by James Baldwin, an influential African-American essayist, playwright, novelist, and outspoken social critic.
Peck masterfully crafts a story told through the unfinished manuscript of Baldwin, who provides an intimate look at civil rights leaders Medgar Evers, Malcom X and Martin Luther King Jr. His thoughts, observations and interactions with these historical figures are well-documented in Baldwin’s writings.
What is most striking about the documentary, besides the poignant subject matter, is how Peck uses archival
