Plot
Working from the text of James Baldwin’s unfinished final novel, director Raoul Peck creates a meditation on what it means to be Black in the United States.
Cast
Samuel L. Jackson
Narrator (voice)
James Baldwin
Self (archive footage)
Martin Luther King Jr.
Self (archive footage)
Malcolm X
Self (archive footage)
Arnold Schwarzenegger
Self (archive footage)
Billy Dee Williams
Self (archive footage)
Rod Steiger
Self (archive footage)
Crew
James Baldwin
Writer
Hébert Peck
Producer
Raoul Peck
Producer
Rémi Grellety
Producer
Raoul Peck
Director
Bill Ross
Director of Photography
Henry Adebonojo
Director of Photography
Turner Ross
Director of Photography
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