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View in your browser AFI DOCS FILM SERIES THE AMERICAN FILM INSTITUTE INVITES YOU AND A GUEST TO I AM NOT YOUR NEGRO CONVERSATION AFTER THE FILM WITH DIRECTOR RAOUL PECK WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 1 AT 6:00 p.m. Kick off Black History Month with this Special Screening presented in partnership with the Mayor's Office on African American Affairs FRANK W. BALLOU HIGH SCHOOL 3401 4th Street SE Washington, DC 20032 RSVP HERE >   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 successive 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 his manuscript. Now, in his incendiary new documentary, master filmmaker Raoul Peck envisions the book Baldwin never finished. The result is a radical, up-to-the-minute examination of race in America, using Baldwin's original words and flood of rich archival material. I AM NOT YOUR NEGRO is a journey into black history that connects the past of the Civil Rights movement to the present of #BlackLivesMatter. It is a film that questions black representation in Hollywood and beyond. And, ultimately, by confronting the deeper connections between the lives and assassination of these three leaders, Baldwin and Peck have produced a work that challenges the very definition of what America stands for. Magnolia Pictures will release I AM NOT YOUR NEGRO in Washington on February 3.     The AFI DOCS Film Series is a year-round invitation-only screening program. AFI DOCS, the American Film Institute's annual documentary film festival, will be held June 14–18, 2017. A F I . C O M / A F I D O C S American Film Institute | 2021 North Western Avenue | Los Angeles, CA 90027 THIS INVITATION IS NON-TRANSFERABLE Privacy Policy          Unsubscribe