'I Am Not Your Negro' in Bristol, from April 5

Very happy to announce that Raoul Peck will present his marvelous film in Bristol, my city, my love.

Preview: I Am Not Your Negro + Director Q&A

Wed 5 April 18:00

Director: Raoul Peck

Cast: Samuel L. Jackson, James Baldwin, Harry Belafonte 93 mins, 2017

We are delighted to announce we will be welcoming director Raoul Peck to Watershed for Q&A following a preview screening on Wed 5 April, 18:00 in advance of us screening the film from Fri 7 April for at least one week.

In addition to this, as part of Bristol Festival of Ideas, on Sat 27 May Come the Revolution will be hosting a special one-off screening of the film (at 13:00) followed by a discussion event (15:15) hosted by Dr Edson Burton. 


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In 1979, James Baldwin wrote a letter to his literary agent describing his next project, Remember This House. The book was to be a revolutionary, personal account of the lives and successive assassinations of three of his close friends – Medgar Evers, Malcolm X and Martin Luther King, Jr.

At the time of Baldwin’s death in 1987, he left behind only thirty completed pages of his manuscript, which is narrated here by Samuel L Jackson.

Now, in his incendiary new documentary, master filmmaker Raoul Peck envisions the book James Baldwin never finished. The result is a radical, up-to-the-minute examination of race in America, using Baldwin’s original words and flood of rich archival material. I Am Not Your Negro 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.

Presented by Come The Revolution in partnership with Bristol Festival of Ideas.

To book: https://uk.patronbase.com/_Watershed/Seats/NumSeats?prod_id=11QA&perf_id=1&section_id=M&action=&seat_type_id=STAN


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All the events around the film:

Wed 5 April Preview with Director Q&A

Fri 7 April screening for at least one week

Sat 27 May Festival of Ideas screening 13:00 / Discussion 15:15

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Festival of Ideas May 2017

Come The Revolution Presents: I am Not your Negro 18 (CTBA)

Sat 27 May 13:00

Director: Raoul Peck

Cast: Samuel L. Jackson, James Baldwin, Dick Cavett 93 mins, 2016, France | USA