Film Credits

Velvet Film presents

in coproduction with Artémis Productions and Close Up Films

in coproduction with ARTE France, RTS Radio Télévision Suisse, RTBF (Télévision Belge), Shelter Prod

Written by

James Baldwin

Directed by

Raoul Peck

With the Voice of

Samuel L. Jackson

Edited by

Alexandra Strauss

Archival Research

Marie-Hélène Barbéris

Prudence Arndt

Archival Research Assistant

Nolwenn Gouault

Animation and Graphics

Michel Blustein

Director of Photography

Henry Adebonojo

Bill and Turner Ross

Music Composed by

Alexei Aigui

Sound Design

Valérie Le Docte

David Gillain

Produced by

Rémi Grellety

Raoul Peck

Hébert Peck

Co-Produced by

Patrick Quinet

Joëlle Bertossa

With the full support and collaboration of the James Baldwin Estate

Gloria Karefa-Smart and Eileen Ahearn

James Baldwin Material Compiled and Edited by

Raoul Peck

Consulting Editor

Sam Pollard

Consulting Producer

Audrey Rosenberg

Legal Counsel

Nina Shaw

Karen Shatzkin

New York Production Team

Production Manager

Desiree Jellerette

Production Assistants

Kenneth Snyder

Jahi Nielsen

Dustin Bamberg

Casting Assistant

Kinyarda Wright

Make-up

Jacen Bowman

1st Assistants Camera

Leroy Chen

Pierce Robinson

DIT

Trevor Cohen

Electric

Matthew Radican

Grip

John Guillen

Sound

Sergio Da Costa

Portraits

Boadil Alequin

Whitney Benjamin

Sifu Cecil

Avia Hicks-Chapman

Stacey Daniels

Tristao Darius Azor

Aigner Davis

Betty Ethredge

Yared Glicksman

Shumeria Harris

Candice Jean-Jacques

Ashley Johnson

Gary McNeil

Stephanie McRae

Roni Mejio Cruz

Nercido Mota

Jahi Nielsen

Ronald Odom

Terriann Peters

Macc Plaise

Darrell Pope

Taylor Rankin

Valluru B Rao

Celester Rich

Burl Rogers

Cathy Salvodon

Gerri Shaw

David Taylor

Jada Toro

Florie-Laur Zadigue Dube

Antonio Vizcarrondo

Assistant to Mr. Peck

Helena Goncalves

Production Assistants

Cécile Vernant

Erica Richardson

Post-Production Manager

Julien Melebeck

Color Grading

Veerle Zeelmaekers

Peter Bernaers

Online Editing

Aldo Mulone

Dominique Marcel

Sofiane Mehelleb

Colorization and Restoration

Samuel François-Steininger

Assistant Editors

Karim-Daniel Clesca

Pauline Archange

Jean Decré

Natalie James

Cécile Gianfrotta

Brendan Jenkins

Text by James Baldwin

Courtesy of the James Baldwin Estate

“Notes Towards Remember This House” by James Baldwin (October 28, 1980)

Letter from James Baldwin to Jay Acton on June 30, 1979

“No Name In The Street” Copyright 1972 by James Baldwin

“The Devil Finds Work” Copyright 1976 by James Baldwin

“Mass Culture and the Creative Artist: Some Personal Notes”

Originally published in Culture for the Millions: Mass Media in Modern Society, edited by Norman Jacobs. Princeton: Van Nostrand, 1959

“From Nationalism, Colonialism, and the United States: One minute to twelve – A Forum”

Originally published in Liberation Committee for Africa, first-anniversary celebration, June 2, 1961. New York: Photo-Offset Press, 1961

“The White Problem”

Originally published in 100 years of Emancipation, edited by Robert A. Goodwin. Chicago: Rand McNally, 1964

“The News from All the Northern Cities Is, to Understate It, Grim; the State of the Union Is Catastrophic”

Originally published in Op-ed, The New York Times, April 5, 1978

“Lorraine Hansberry at the Summit”

Originally published in Freedomways, Fourth Quarter, 1979

“Black English: A Dishonest Argument”

Originally published in Black English and The Education of Black Children and Youth, a symposium at Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan, 1980

“Sidney Poitier”

Originally published in Look, July 23, 1968

“As Much Truth As One Can Bear”

Originally published in The New York Times Book Review, January 14, 1962

“The Cross Of Redemption”

Copyright 2010 by The Estate of James Baldwin

Introduction by Randall Kenan (Pantheon Books)

Film Excerpts

“A Raisin in the Sun”

Directed by Daniel Petrie, 1961

Copyright Sony Pictures

From the play by Lorraine Hansberry, “A Raisin in the Sun”, 1959

“Baldwin’s Nigger”

Directed by Horace Ové, Infilms Production

Used by permission of Indra Ové, Copyright 1969

“Pressure”

Directed by Horace Ové, BFI Production Board

Used by permission of Indra Ové, Copyright 1975

“Dance, Fools, Dance”

Directed by Harry Beaumont, 1931

Copyright Warner Bros.

“The Monster Walks”

Directed by Frank R. Strayer, 1932

Commonwealth Pictures Corp.

“They Won’t Forget”

Directed by Mervyn LeRoy, 1937

Copyright Warner Bros.

“Uncle Tom’s Cabin”

Directed by Harry A. Pollard, 1937

Copyright David Pierce

“The Stagecoach”

Directed by John Ford, 1939

Copyright Twentieth Century Fox

“Dont Look Back”

Directed by D.A. Pennebaker, 1967

Copyright Pennebaker Hegedus Films, Inc.

“Imitation of Life”

Directed by John M. Stahl, 1934

Copyright Universal Pictures

“No Way Out”

Directed by Joseph L. Mankiewicz, 1950

Copyright Twentieth Century Fox

“The Defiant Ones”

Directed by Stanley Kramer, 1958

Copyright Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer

“Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner”

Directed by Stanley Kramer, 1967

Copyright Sony Pictures Entertainment

“In the Heat of the Night”

Directed by Norman Jewison, 1967

Copyright Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer

“Pajama Game”

Directed by George Abbott & Stanley Donen, 1957

Copyright Warner Bros.

“Custer in the West”

Directed by Robert Siodmak, 1967

Copyright Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer

“Little Big Man”

Directed by Arthur Penn, 1970

Copyright CBS Television

“Soldier Blue”

Directed by Ralph Nelson, 1970

Copyright Studio Canal

“Elephant”

Directed by Gus Van Sant, 2003

Copyright HBO Films

“Love in the Afternoon”

Directed by Billy Wilder, 1957

Copyright Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer

“Lullaby of Broadway”

Directed by David Butler, 1951

Copyright Warner Bros.

“Lover Come Back”

Directed by Delbert Mann, 1961

Copyright Universal Pictures

“Take This Hammer” – Director’s Cut

Directed by Richard O. Moore, 1963

Copyright Thirteen Productions LLC - WNET

“King Kong”

Directed by Ernest B. Schoedsack & Merian C. Cooper, 1933

Copyright RKO Radio Pictures Production

Lobster Distribution

“Richard’s Answer”

Directed by W. Forest Crunch, 1947

Astor Pictures Corporation

Walter De Mohrenschildt Collection, FRB 6818

“The Big T.N.T. Show”

Directed by Larry Peerce, 1966

Copyright American International Pictures

"The Dick Cavett Show"

Courtesy of Daphne Productions/Global ImageWorks

“Cinq colonnes à la une”

Institut National de l’Audiovisuel (INA)

“Courrier International”

RTS Radio Télévision Suisse

“Let’s Make a Deal”

CBS Television Distribution

“The Price is Right”

CBS Television Distribution

“Deal or No Deal”

NBCUniversal Television

“The Jerry Springer Show”

NBCUniversal Television

“The Maury Show”

NBCUniversal Television

“The Steve Milkos Show”

NBCUniversal Television

“The Trisha Goddard Show”

NBCUniversal Television

“The Gong Show”

Sony Pictures Television

“The Nixon Interviews”, 05/05/1977

David Paradine Productions

“The CNN Newsroom”, 09/01/2007

CNN

TV News report, 12/09/2015

Reuters

“NBC News”, 10/02/2003

NBC Television

“Segment 7 Live”, 01/09/2004

CNN

“Bill Clinton press Conference”, 08/17/1998

C-SPAN

“Ronald Regan on Iran-Contra”, 03/04/1987

Reagan Library

“Todd Akin public statement”, 2014

Todd Akin

“Segment 7 live”, 01/09/2004

CNN

“Fox News Sunday with Chris Wallace”, 12/13/2015

Fox News

“ABC News”, 06/16/2009

ABC

“Anthony Weiner Press conference”, 06/16/2011

Reuters/ITN

“NBC News”, 03/23/2016

NBC Television

“Thomas Jackson public statement”, 09/25/2014

AP/EAPvideo

TV News report, 05/11/2016

WHDH

“Fox report”, 10/08/2005

Fox News

“Anderson Cooper 360°”, 01/01/2009

CNN

RT America, 2011

Archival Materials

AP Archives

AP Archives/British Movietone

L’Atelier des Archives

Anthony Blackburn

CSPAN

Film Images

Gaumont Pathé Archives

Getty Images

Getty Images/BBC Motion Gallery

George Holliday

Johnson Publishing Company

Lobster

Maverick Media Group, LLC - Christopher Phillips

National Archives and Records Administration

NBCUniversal Archives

Ramsey Orta

Prelinger Collection

Producer’s Library

Reagan Library/Miller Center

Streamline Films, Inc

Travel Film Archives

Vanderbilt Television News Archive

WGBH

WNET

Wolfson Archives

Stills

Bob Adelman

David Attie

Richard Avedon Foundation

Dan Budnik

Bill Eppridge

Declan Haun, Chicago History Museum

Matt Heron, Take Stock/The Image Works/Roger-Violet

James Karales

Kodak/photo – photos by John Hood, Lee Howick, Norman Kerr, John Abbot Studios,

and Charles O. Baker

John Launois

Builder Levi

Magnum Photos – photos by Bruce Davidson, Leonard Freed, Danny Lyon, Constantine

Manos, and Dennis Stock

Spider Martin

Sedat Pakay

Gordon Parks, The Gordon Parks Foundation

Ted Russell, Polaris

Flip Schulke

Don Sturkey, 1958, NC Collection, UNC-CH

George Tames, The New York Times/Redux

Richard Aloysius Twine, Courtesy of the State Archives of Florida

The Advertising Archives

AKG Images

Associated Press

Aurimages

Austin History Center, Austin Public Library

Birmingham, Ala. Public Library Archives

Caricadoc

Charlotte Observer/Charlotte-Mecklenburg Library

DC Public Library, Washingtoniana Division

The Denver Public Library, Western History Collection

The Eastman House Museum

James Baldwin Estate

Harry Ransom Center, The University of Texas at Austin

Library of Congress

Archives and Records Services Division, Mississippi Department of Archives and History

MPTV

National Archives and Records Administration

New York City Municipal Archives

The New Yorker

Reuters

Rue des Archives

Temple University Libraries, Special Collections Research Center, Philadelphia, PA

“School shooting leaves 33 dead”, 04/17/2007

The Anniston Star

“33 die at Virginia Tech”, 04/17/2007

Arkansas Democrat Gazette

“Senseless”, 12/15/2012

The Anniston Star

“Innocents Lost”, 12/15/2012

Anchorage daily News

Additional Music

“The Ballad of Birmingham”

(Jerry Moore, Dudley Randall)

(c) Melody Trails

Performed by the Tennessee State University Students (2006)

Piano: Steve Conn

Vocals: Santayana Harris and Kameka Word

Courtesy of Dr. Robert R. Bradley

“Damn Right I’ve Got The Blues”

(Buddy Guy / Buddy Guy)

Mic Shau Music Company / BMG Bumblebee

Courtesy of BMG Rights Management (France)

Performed by Buddy Guy

(P) 1991. All rights reserved by Silvertone Records Ltd.

“The Jailhouse Blues”

(Sam Hopkins)

Tradition Music Co.

Courtesy of BMG Rights Management (France)

Performed by Sam Collins (1927)

Courtesy of Yazoo Records/Shanachie Entertainment, Inc.

“Just a Dream (On My Mind)”

(W. Broonzy)

© Universal Music Corp.

Performed by Big Bill Broonzy

Originally Released 1939.

All rights reserved by Sony Music Entertainment Inc.

“Big Road Blues”

(Tommy Johnson)

© Peer International Corporation

Courtesy of Société d’Editions Musicales Internationales (S.E.M.I.), Paris

Performed by Tommy Johnson

Originally Recorded at The Memphis Auditorium, Memphis, TN, USA , 1928.

1991 Remastered

Produced by Billy Altman

Digital Producer John Snyder At BMG Recording Studios

Digital Engineer Jay Newland At BMG Recording Studios/ Joe Lopes At BMG Recording Studios

Transferred to digital tape from metal parts by Be Bernardo Cosachev At BMG Recording Studios

All rights reserved by BMG Music

“Baby, Please Don’t Go”

(J. Williams)

© Universal Music Corp.

Performed by Lightnin’ Hopkins - 1949

Gold Star, SugarHill

“Route 66”

(Bobby Troup)

Published by Troup London Music

Under license from Music Asset Management, Inc.

© Bobby Troup, Edwin H. Morris & Co Inc.

Administrated bu Warner/Chappell Music Belgium N.V.

Performed by Nate King Cole - 1946

Capitol Studio, Universal Music

“Black, Brown and White”

(Big Bill (Williams) Broonzy)

Performed by Big Bill Broonzy - 1946

From the recording “Trouble in Mind”, SFW40131

Courtesy of Smithsonian Folkways Recordings. (p) 2000.

“Stormy Weather”

(Harold Arlen, Ted Koehler)

Published by EMI Mills Music Inc.

Courtesy of Sony ATV Music Publishing

Performed by Lena Horne

Recorded March 30, 1956.

(P) 2002, all rights reserved by BMG Music

“People Get Up And Drive Your Funky Soul”

(James Brown, St. Clair Pickney, Fred Wesley)

Published by Donna Dijon Music Publications/Sony/ATV Music Publishing.

Performed by James Brown

All rights reserved by MGM Records

“Take My Hand, Precious Lord”

Written by Dorcey A. Thomas

© Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp.

Administrated by Warner/Chappell Music Belgium N.V.

Performed by Blind Connie Williams – 1961

Courtesy of Filmimages

“The Blacker The Berry”

(Samuels, Kolatalo, Campbell, Lewis, Duckworth, Kozmeniuk, Epstein)

Published by WB Music Corp, OBO Itself , Hard Working Folks Inc ., Top Dawg Music (Lamar) Administrated by Warner/Chappell Music Belgium N.V.

1damentional Publishing LLC/Sony/ATV Tunes LLC

1daniable Publishing

24 Diamond Music, c/o Tenyor Music

Kenobi Songs Publishing / Whiskey Valentine Publishing / BMG Platinum Songs

Courtesy of BMG Rights Management (France)

Z Jewgurnaut Music

Performed by Kendrick Lamar

(P) 2015 Aftermath/Interscope (Top Dawg Entertainment)

Courtesy of Universal Music Vision

Original Score by

Alexei Aigui

Ensemble 4'33''

Andrey Gontcharov - Trumpet

Arkady Marto - Keyboards, Piano

Konstantin Kremnyov - e.guitar

Kirill Baykov - Contrabass, Bass

Sergey Nikolsky - Bass

Vladimir Zharko - Drums

Alexei Aigui - Violin

Sergey Kostylev - Violin

Veronika Lebedeva - Violin

Dmitry Usov - Viola

Denis Kalinsky - Cello

Recorded at Mosfilm Studio by Andrey Levin

Executive Producers

Sally Jo Fifer

Lois Vossen

Supervising Producer

Amy Shatsky

Executive Producer for NBPC

Leslie Fields-Cruz

Executive Producer (Belgium)

Stéphane Quinet

Thanks to James Baldwin, the visionary, poet and humanist, for his unconditional voice.

Fiscal Sponsor Scribe Video Center, Inc.

Funding Provided by

Centre National du Cinéma et de l’Image Animée

MEDIA Programme of the European Union

Sundance Institute Documentary Film Program

Wide House

Cinéforom

Cinereach

PROCIREP / ANGOA

I AM NOT YOUR NEGRO is a co-production of Velvet Film, Inc., Velvet Film S.A.S., Artémis Productions, Close Up Films, ARTE France, RTS, RTBF, Shelter Prod and the Independent Television Service (ITVS) presented in association with the National Black Programming Consortium (NBPC), with funding provided by the Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB).

This film was produced by VELVET FILM, INC., which is solely responsible for its content.

© 2016 VELVET FILM, INC. - VELVET FILM S.A.S. - ARTÉMIS PRODUCTIONS - CLOSE UP FILMS - ARTE FRANCE - RTS – RTBF.