I Am Not Your Negro (Movie Discussion)

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Religion & Spirituality

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🗓️ 11 March 2017

⏱️ 42 minutes

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In this episode, the ladies of Truth’s Table, Ekemini, Michelle, and Christina talk about the about the documentary film, “I Am Not Your Negro” directed by Raoul Peck. In 1979, James Baldwin wrote a letter to his literary agent describing his next project, "Remember This House." The book was to give an intimate account of the lives and 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 30 completed pages of this manuscript. Filmmaker Raoul Peck’s objective is to envision the book James Baldwin never finished. Warning: This episode contains spoilers, strong language, the use of the n-word and descriptive themes of violence. If you haven’t watched the film yet, listen to this episode at your own risk. Hosts: Michelle Higgins (twitter.com/AfroRising) Christina Edmondson (twitter.com/DrCEdmondson) Ekemini Uwan (twitter.com/sista_theology) Producer: Beau York (twitter.com/TheRealBeauYork) Special Thanks To: RAAN - www.RAANetwork.org (twitter.com/RAANetwork) Podastery - www.podastery.com (twitter.com/Podastery) Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands

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0:00.0	Warning, this episode contains spoilers, strong language, the use of the N-word, and descriptive themes of violence.
0:07.0	Listen to this episode at your own risk. And the Hey y'all, welcome to Truth's Table, midwives of culture for Grace and Truth.
0:30.1	I'm a Kimmy, I'm Michelle, I'm Christina.
0:33.0	Today we are going to talk about the documentary film I am not your Negro
0:38.2	directed by Raoul Peck. In 1979 James Baldwin wrote a letter to his literary agent describing his next project
0:46.5	Remember This House. The book was to be a revolutionary personal account of the lives
0:51.3	and assassinations of three of his close friends,
0:54.0	Medger Evers, Malcolm X, and Martin Luther King Jr.
0:58.0	At the time of Baldwin's death in 1987, he left behind only 30 completed pages of this manuscript.
1:05.0	Filmmaker Raoul Peck envisions the book James Baldwin never finished
1:10.0	and the film is narrated by Samuel L. Jackson.
1:14.0	Warning, this episode contains spoilers.
1:18.0	If you haven't watched the film yet,
1:20.0	listen to this episode at your own risk.
1:22.0	So ladies, what are your first impressions of the film?
1:26.9	Did you love it, hate it, or was it just okay? Oh I really liked it.
1:32.1	Yeah, it was great.
1:33.5	Yeah, I mean, I really loved it as well.
1:38.3	So what did y'all love about it?
1:40.9	Well, I think what I loved about it's
1:44.0	the most is actually the saddest part of what we're dealing with today
1:50.0	it's that it was so honest that Baldwin's words seriously strike, oh man, such relevant
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