Episode 144: I Am Not Your Negro

I am Not Your Negro (2016) directed by Raoul Peck. In 1979, James Baldwin wrote a letter to his literary agent describing his next project, "Remember This House." The book was to be a revolutionary, personal account of the lives and assassinations of three of his close friends: Medgar Evers, Malcolm X and Martin Luther King, Jr. At the time of Baldwin's death in 1987, he left behind only 30 completed pages of this manuscript. Filmmaker Raoul Peck envisions the book James Baldwin never finished. This is The Recommendation Game, a bi-weekly podcast where two film lovers take turns to recommend a film the other has not seen, they watch and then skype to discuss it. Spoilers are a given. We are Ricardo Deakin and Orla Mc Nelis, two filmy types who love waffling extensively about movies. Catch us on Dublin Digital Radio on every second Monday: https://listen.dublindigitalradio.com/home Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/therecgame Like us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/therecommendationgame/