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| Director: | Raoul Peck |
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| Writer: | James Baldwin |
| Staring: |
| Working from the text of James Baldwin’s unfinished final novel, director Raoul Peck creates a meditation on what it means to be Black in the United States. | |
| Release Date: | Feb 03, 2017 |
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| Director: | Raoul Peck |
| Writer: | James Baldwin |
| Genres: | Documentary |
| Keywords | race politics, interview, martin luther king, racism, 1950s, 1960s, malcom x, medgar evers, james baldwin, historical documentary |
| Production Companies | ARTE, RTBF, Velvet Film, RTS, Independent Lens, Shelter Prod |
| Box Office |
Revenue: $7,123,919
Budget: $1,000,000 |
| Updates |
Updated: Feb 01, 2025 Entered: Apr 13, 2024 |
| Name | Character |
|---|---|
| Samuel L. Jackson | Narrator (voice) |
| James Baldwin | Self (archive footage) |
| Martin Luther King Jr. | Self (archive footage) |
| Malcolm X | Self (archive footage) |
| Medgar Evers | Self (archive footage) |
| Robert F. Kennedy | Self (archive footage) |
| Harry Belafonte | Self (archive footage) |
| Paul Weiss | Self (archive footage) |
| Dick Cavett | Self (archive footage) |
| H. Rap Brown | Self - Black Panther Party (archive footage) |
| Bob Dylan | Self (archive footage) |
| Leander Perez | Self - White Citizens Council (archive footage) |
| Sidney Poitier | Various Roles (archive footage) |
| Ray Charles | Self (archive footage) |
| Name | Job |
|---|---|
| Raoul Peck | Director, Scenario Writer |
| Turner Ross | Director of Photography |
| Bill Ross | Director of Photography |
| Alexey Aygi | Music |
| James Baldwin | Writer |
| Trevor Cohen | Digital Imaging Technician |
| Pierce Robinson | First Assistant Camera |
| Alexandra Strauss | Editor |
| Henry Adebonojo | Director of Photography |
| Valérie Le Docte | Sound Designer, Sound Editor |
| David Gillain | Sound Re-Recording Mixer, Sound Designer |
| Audrey Rosenberg | Consulting Producer |
| David Gérain | Sound Recordist |
| Nathan Buffaloe | Key Grip |
| Leroy Chen | First Assistant Camera |
| John Guillen | Key Grip |
| Philippe van Leer | Foley Artist |
| Name | Title |
|---|---|
| Rémi Grellety | Producer |
| Hébert Peck | Producer |
| Amy Shatsky-Gambrill | Supervising Producer |
| Joëlle Bertossa | Co-Producer |
| Raoul Peck | Producer |
| Patrick Quinet | Co-Producer |
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