{"product_id":"i-am-not-your-negro-a-companion-edition-to-the-documentary-film-directed-by-raoul-peck-james-baldwin-paperback","title":"I Am Not Your Negro: A Companion Edition to the Documentary Film Directed by Raoul Peck -- James Baldwin, Paperback","description":"\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003eNATIONAL BESTSELLER -\u003c\/b\u003e In his final years, Baldwin envisioned a book about his three assassinated friends, Medgar Evers, Malcolm X, and Martin Luther King. His deeply personal notes for the project had never been published before\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003eacclaimed filmmaker Raoul Peck mined Baldwin's oeuvre to compose his stunning documentary film\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eI Am Not Your Negro.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003ePeck weaves these texts together, brilliantly imagining the book that Baldwin never wrote with selected published and unpublished passages, essays, letters, notes, and interviews that are every bit as incisive and pertinent now as they have ever been. Peck's film uses them to jump through time, juxtaposing Baldwin's private words with his public statements, in a blazing examination of the tragic history of race in America. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThis edition contains more than 40 black-and-white images from the film, which was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Documentary.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e James Baldwin, Raoul Peck\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Vintage\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/07\/2017\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 144\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.35lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.90h x 5.40w x 0.50d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780525434696\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eJAMES BALDWIN (1924-1987) was a novelist, essayist, playwright, poet, social critic, and the author of more than twenty books. His first novel, \u003ci\u003eGo Tell It on the \u003c\/i\u003eMountain, appeared in 1953 to excellent reviews, and his essay collections \u003ci\u003eNotes of a Native Son \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eThe Fire Next Time \u003c\/i\u003ewere bestsellers that made him an influential figure in the civil rights movement. Baldwin spent many years in France, where he moved to escape the racism and homophobia of the United States. He died in 1987. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eRAOUL PECK is a filmmaker acclaimed for his historical, political, and artistic work. Haitian-born, he grew up in Congo, France, Germany, and the United States. His body of work includes the films \u003ci\u003eThe Man by the Shore\u003c\/i\u003e (Competition, Cannes 1993); \u003ci\u003eLumumba\u003c\/i\u003e (Cannes 2000, HBO); and \u003ci\u003eSometimes in April\u003c\/i\u003e (2005, HBO). He is currently chairman of the French national film school, La Fémis, and recently completed his next feature film, \u003ci\u003eThe Young Karl Marx\u003c\/i\u003e (2017).","brand":"James Baldwin","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45762142175460,"sku":"9780525434696","price":14.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0611\/9587\/8628\/files\/9780525434696.jpg?v=1780459830","url":"https:\/\/bookandmortar.com\/products\/i-am-not-your-negro-a-companion-edition-to-the-documentary-film-directed-by-raoul-peck-james-baldwin-paperback","provider":"BookandMortar","version":"1.0","type":"link"}