Saratoga Jewish Community Arts Presents Zoom Panel Discussion of “I Am Not Your Negro”

SARATOGA SPRINGS — Saratoga Jewish Community Arts, along with Temple Sinai and a generous grant from the Jewish Federation of Northeastern New York, presents a Zoom panel discussion of I Am Not Your Negro, directed by Raoul Peck and based on the writings of James Baldwin.

The discussion takes place 7 p.m. on Feb. 7. 

I Am Not your Negro, a powerful but imperfect documentary by director Raoul Peck, is derived from James Baldwin’s unfinished manuscript Remember this House. 

This documentary received critical acclaim and a Best Documentary Oscar nomination before it opened nationwide.  Remember this House was intended to be a personal recollection of Baldwin’s friends – Civil Rights leaders Medgar Evers, Malcolm X and Martin Luther King, Jr. – all of whom were assassinated within five years of each other. Peck’s film relies almost exclusively on Baldwin’s writings that are narrated by Samuel L. Jackson. 

Above all else, I Am Not Your Negro is a searing indictment of America’s failure to rectify its shameful history of racial inequality. Please join us for this thought-provoking panel discussion of this exceptional documentary and the powerful voice of James Baldwin.

This Saratoga Jewish Community Arts presentation of the panel discussion of I Am Not Your Negro is to be viewed ahead of time and can be found on outlets such as Amazon prime, Netflix, or others.  Register to receive the Zoom link for the discussion at: sjca-sjcf@gmail.com and follow SJCA at saratogajewishculturalfestival.org and saratogasinai.org.