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Using James Baldwin's unfinished final manuscript, Remember This House, this documentary follows the lives and successive assassinations of three of the author's friends, Medgar Evers, Malcolm X and Martin Luther King Jr., delving into the legacy of these iconic figures and narrating historic events...

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Other Authors: Baldwin, James, 1924-1987 (Screenwriter, Onscreen participant), Peck, Raoul (Film director, Film producer, Compiler, Editor), Grellety, Rémi (Film producer), Peck, Hébert, 1958- (Film producer), Strauss, Alexandra (Editor of moving image work), Adebonojo, Henry, 1959- (director of photography.), Ross, Bill, 1980- (director of photography.), Ross, Turner, 1982- (director of photography.), Aĭgi, Alekseĭ (composer (expression)), Jackson, Samuel L. (Narrator), Belafonte, Harry, 1927- (Onscreen participant), Brando, Marlon (Onscreen participant), Cavett, Dick (Onscreen participant), Bush, George W. (George Walker), 1946- (Onscreen participant)
Format: Videos DVD
Language:English
Spanish
Published: Los Angeles, Calif. : Magnolia Home Entertainment, [2017]
Series:Independent lens (Television program)
Subjects:
United States > Race relations.
Civil rights movements > United States > History > 20th century.
Racism > United States > History > 20th century.
Race discrimination > United States > History > 20th century.
African Americans > Civil rights > History > 20th century.
United States > Race relations > 20th century.
Film adaptations.
Documentary films.
Nonfiction films.
Feature films.
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Summary:Using James Baldwin's unfinished final manuscript, Remember This House, this documentary follows the lives and successive assassinations of three of the author's friends, Medgar Evers, Malcolm X and Martin Luther King Jr., delving into the legacy of these iconic figures and narrating historic events using Baldwin's original words and a flood of rich archival material. An up-to-the-minute examination of race in America, this film is a journey into black history that connects the past of the Civil Rights movement to the present of #BlackLivesMatter.
Item Description:Wide screen (1.85:1).
Based on James Baldwin's unfinished book, "Remember this house."
Originally produced as a documentary film in 2016.
Special features: Interview with director Raoul Peck; Q & A session with Samuel L. Jackson; Q & A session with director Raoul Peck; video photo gallery.
Physical Description:1 videodisc (approximately 94 min.) : sound, color, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
Format:DVD; NTSC; region 1; 5.1 Dolby digital.
Audience:MPAA rating: PG-13; for disturbing violent images, thematic material, language and brief nudity.
Production Credits:James Baldwin material compiled and edited by Raoul Peck ; editor, Alexandra Strauss ; directors of photography, Henry Adebonojo, Bill Ross, Turner Ross ; original score by Alexei Aigui.

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