At the 42th edition of the "Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards" Haitian filmmaker Raoul Peck won the Best Documentary Award (section : Best documentary/ non-fiction) for "I am not your Negro" released on February 3rd https://www.haitilibre.com/en/news-19471-haiti-cinema-i-am-not-your-negro-by-raoul-peck-best-documentary-of-the-year.html

Awarded several times, notably in the festivals of Berlin (Germany), Toronto (Canada), Philadelphia and Chicago (United States of America), the documentary features three black icons linked, suddenly disappeared: Medgar Evers, Malcolm X and Martin Luther King Jr. all assassinated, taken from the unfinished work of African-American writer James Baldwin, writer (1924-1987), which documented both the life that the murder of Martin Luther King Jr, of Medgar Evers, who was their friend as well as the tragic fate of Malcolm X. Peck reconstitutes the book dealing with the issue of race in the United States and brings to the screen the words used by Baldwin interested in the recurring racial problem in the United States, scene of riots in recent years because of blacks killed without real justification by the forces of order. The voice of Samuel Jackson is used in the original version of the film and that of Joey Starr for the French version (dubbed).

See also :

https://www.haitilibre.com/en/news-20219-haiti-news-zapping-politics.html

https://www.icihaiti.com/en/news-19899-icihaiti-cinema-raoul-peck-nominated-for-an-oscars.html

https://www.icihaiti.com/en/news-18827-icihaiti-movies-raoul-peck-was-acclaimed-at-the-toronto-film-festival.html

https://www.haitilibre.com/en/news-19471-haiti-cinema-i-am-not-your-negro-by-raoul-peck-best-documentary-of-the-year.html

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