The New York Times bestseller based on the Oscar nominated documentary film
In June 1979, the writer and civil rights activist James Baldwin embarked on a project to tell the story of America through the lives of three of his murdered friends: Medgar Evers, Malcolm X and Martin Luther King, Jr. He died before it could be completed. In his documentary film, I Am Not Your Negro, Raoul Peck imagines the book Baldwin never wrote, using his original words to create a radical, powerful and poetic work on race in the United States – then, and today.
‘Thrilling . . . A portrait of one man’s confrontation with a country that, murder by murder, as he once put it, “devastated my universe”‘ – The New York Times
‘Baldwin’s voice speaks even more powerfully today . . . the prose-poet of our injustice and inhumanity . . . The times have caught up with his scalding eloquence’ – Variety
‘A cinematic séance . . . One of the best movies about the civil rights era ever made’ – Guardian
‘I Am Not Your Negro turns James Baldwin into a prophet’ – Rolling Stone
| ISBN | 9780141986678 |
|---|---|
| Ano | 2007 |
| Número de páginas | 144 |
| Capa | Brochado |
| Editora | Penguin |
| Categorias |
Livros > Ciências Sociais e Humanas > Ciência Política
James Baldwin
James Baldwin nasceu em Nova Iorque, em 1924, no bairro do Harlem, onde cresceu e estudou. Partiu para Paris em 1948, fugindo ao racismo e à homofobia que grassavam no seu país. Viveu nessa cidade quase uma década, envolvendo-se politicamente com movimentos de esquerda, convivendo com artistas europeus e americanos, e dedicando-se à escrita. Destacou-se desde cedo como romancista, ensaísta, poeta e dramaturgo. |


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