Words and thoughts of James Baldwin compel in I Am Not Your Negro

Raoul Peck directed I Am Not Your Negro from the words and mind of James Baldwin in 2016. Baldwin is the notable Black author who died in 1987 at the age of 63. In these 95 precious minutes of filmmaking, Peck starts with a clip of Baldwin’s 1968 appearance with TV talk show host Dick…

In Beale Street, love and anguish share the stage in striking detail

The point is made from James Baldwin’s 1974 novel at the start of If Beale Street Could Talk. This drama you’re about to see could have happened anywhere in America. Watch the work of these outstanding actors taking the direction of Barry Jenkins from his screenplay adapted from Baldwin’s deep message and you’ll believe it.…