May 13th
I am Not Your Negro** (12A)
(Ipswich Film Theatre)          

(US/Fra/Bel/Swi 2016)

Documentary telling of James Baldwin's unfinished book "Remember This House" about racism in America as well as his tribute to Medgar Evans, Malcolm X and Martin Luther King, set to images which sometimes distract, including a lengthy selection of old Hollywood films (as a reminder of just how racist Hollywood can be.) The film overall lacks a positive tone - or, as usual, any outside voice - and only fleetingly mentions America's first black President, but still engages strongly, staying true to its author's word with many themes that still resonate today.

Producers: Remi Gellety, Hebert Peck, Raoul Peck.
Director: Raoul Peck.
Voice of: Samuel L. Jackson, plus archive of James Baldwin, and others.
Photography: Henry Adebonojo, Bill Ross, Turner Ross.
Music: Alexei Aigui.
Editing: Alexandra Strauss.