As Jimmy said, they were the niggers of France. But among the people they did not want in France were the Algerians. And black Americans who went there, from Richard Wright to Sidney Bechet, were so colorful and so talented and so marvelous and so exotic- Who wouldn't want them? Of course. It simply didn't have any guilt vis-à-vis black Americans. Maya Angelou: “France was not without its race prejudices.
It comes as a great shock to discover that the country which is your birthplace, and to which you owe your life and your identity, has not in its whole system of reality evolved any place for you.”ĭr. It comes as a great shock to discover that Gary Cooper killing off the Indians, when you were rooting for Gary Cooper, that the Indians were you.
James Baldwin: “It comes as a great shock around the age of five or six or seven to discover that the flag to which you have pledged allegiance, along with everybody else, has not pledged allegiance to you. Racism: Baldwin was both acutely aware of and shockingly eloquent about racial prejudice and social injustice, whether in America or abroad.What can I say? Medgar, Malcolm, Martin, murdered. I did not have a suit and had one fitted for me that afternoon. James Baldwin: “Between two or three weeks ago, I had to fly from Hollywood to New York to do a benefit with Martin at Carnegie Hall. Maya Angelou: “We became friends in the late 50's: just as the United States was poised to make its quantum leap into the future just as Martin Luther King, Rosa Parks and other Southerners were girding themselves for the second civil war in one hundred years and just when Malcolm X was giving voice to the anger in the streets and in the minds of northern black city folks.” African-American History: From the slave narrative to early 20th-century Harlem, from segregated America to the Civil Rights movement and beyond, Baldwin’s journey through history is up close and personal.ĭr.A better understanding of our past will help us grow a better future.A world of prejudice, possibility and gradual progress, these were the dynamics that shaped Baldwin’s writings, that shaped our film’s contents … and that are now in the process of shaping us. These themes – with on-camera comments from the film, selected written texts and related resources as starting points for discussion – connect us to Baldwin’s larger world, to the complex web of events and ideas from which he came.It is relevant and as James Baldwin alluded to: it is a problem that has to be fixed because the survival of the country depends upon it. The film is replete with historical footage and photos as well as recent footage-there are clips as recent as present day Hilary Clinton and Donald Trump-so you can't just relegate the picture to "old news" or "stuff from the past". This is a documentary that is going to disturb you and wake you up out of your reverie. But what is undeniable is that they all had the uplifting of their people in mind and all three personalities were invaluable to the African American cause. They all spoke a truth as they had different backgrounds and different outlooks. One thing mentioned was how Malcolm X, MLK and James Baldwin all had different view points and different approaches to the problems of Black people in America. He was a brilliant and eloquent speaker and I had no clue. If for no other reason than being treated to seeing and hearing James Baldwin speak. There are some ugly truths about the American past that we all want to move on from but we'd do well not to forget. There was a lot of riveting and provocative imagery in this documentary and it certainly will not appeal to a lot of people. These three iconic figures of the Civil Rights era were all killed within five years of each other and none lived to the age of 40. In it we got an ode to Medgar Evers, Malcolm X, and Martin Luther King Jr.
He'd probably say it was a lot more than that-and it was. James was an eloquent writer and speaker so I may be doing him a disservice by summarizing the documentary as such. I Am Not Your Negro is a documentary based upon the writings of James Baldwin in which the essence is Black-White race relations in the U.S.
THEME OF GRIEF IN ANOTHER COUNTRY BY JAMES BALDWIN MOVIE
I've seen one delight after another and I get to add this movie to the list. I've been on a roll lately with my movie choices.
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