"I Am Not Your Negro" Movie Showing + Discussion In-Person
Join the Park University Library + Social Work Club for a showing of "I am Not Your Negro", critically aclaimed film surrounding the unpublished work of James Baldwin, and discussion in celebration of Black History Month. Snacks will be served.
About the film:
I Am Not Your Negro envisions the book James Baldwin never finished, a radical narration about race in America, using the writer’s original words, as read by actor Samuel L. Jackson. Alongside a flood of rich archival material, the film draws upon Baldwin’s notes on the lives and assassinations of Medgar Evers, Malcolm X, and Martin Luther King Jr. to explore and bring a fresh and radical perspective to the current racial narrative in America.
Raoul Peck’s Oscar-nominated documentary is a journey into black history that connects the past of the Civil Rights movement to the present of #BlackLivesMatter. It is a film that questions black representation in Hollywood and beyond. And, ultimately, by confronting the deeper connections between the lives and assassination of these three leaders, Baldwin and Peck have produced a work that challenges the very definition of what America stands for.
Related LibGuide: Black History Month by Danielle Theiss
- Date:
- Wednesday, February 22, 2023
- Time:
- 2:00pm - 4:00pm
- Time Zone:
- Central Time - US & Canada (change)
- Location:
- Alumni Hall Theater
- Audience:
- Faculty + Staff Parkville Students
- Categories:
- Social Activities
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