I Am Not Your Negro Parent Guide

A unique perspective on the Civil Rights movement.

Release date February 3, 2017

In 1979, author James Baldwin shared his plans to write a personal account of the lives of three of his friends: Medgar Evers, Malcolm X and Martin Luther King, Jr. -- all of whom had been assassinated for their involvement in the cause of civil rights. But he never finished the manuscript -- so this documentary is filmmaker Raoul Peck's version of Baldwin's untold story.

Why is I Am Not Your Negro rated PG-13? The MPA rated I Am Not Your Negro PG-13 for disturbing violent images, thematic material, language and brief nudity.

Run Time: 93 minutes

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I Am Not Your Negro
Rating & Content Info

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Why is I Am Not Your Negro rated PG-13? I Am Not Your Negro is rated PG-13 by the MPAA for disturbing violent images, thematic material, language and brief nudity.

Violence:
- Brief non-graphic violence.
- Brief explicit violence.
- Frequent disturbing scenes.
- Frequent depictions of and references to weapons and hand-to-hand violence, many in policing and civil unrest contexts.
- Frequent depictions of corpses, some in a lynching context.l
- Several scenes of violence depicting physical assault and injury.

Sexual Content:
- Breast nudity in a non-sexual context.
- Sexual references.

Profanity:
Approximately 26 instances of coarse and sexual language, including:
- Frequent use of vulgar expressions and ethno-cultural slurs in historical contexts.

Alcohol / Drug Use:
- Frequent depictions of tobacco use in a historical context.

Page last updated July 17, 2017

News About "I Am Not Your Negro"

Learn more about author James Baldwin, and his three friends who were assassinated: Medgar Evers, Malcolm X and Martin Luther King, Jr..

Cast and Crew

I Am Not Your Negro is directed by Raoul Peck and stars Samuel L. Jackson, James Baldwin, Harry Belafonte .

Home Video

The most recent home video release of I Am Not Your Negro movie is May 2, 2017. Here are some details…

I Am Not Your Negro releases to home video (Blu-ray) on May 2, 2017.

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Movies about the Civil Rights movement include: Malcolm X, Lee Daniels’ The Butler and Selma.