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.
MPAA rating: PG-13; for disturbing violent images, thematic material, language and brief nudity.|||adult
Magnolia Pictures ; Amazon Studios ; Velvet Film, Inc. (USA), Velvet Film (France) present in coproduction with Artémis Productions, Close Up Films ; in coproduction with ARTE France, Independent Lens, RTS Radio Télévision Suisse, RTBF (Télévision belge), Shelter Prod ; written by James Baldwin ; directed by Raoul Peck ; produced by Rémi Grellety, Raoul Peck, Hébert Peck ; a Raoul Peck film.
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.
With the voice of Samuel L. Jackson ; featuring James Baldwin, Harry Belafonte, Marlon Brando, Dick Cavett, Ray Charles, George W. Bush.
DVD; region 1; NTSC; region 1; widescreen (1.85:1) presentation; 5.1 Dolby digital.
In English with optional subtitles in Spanish and optional English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing (SDH).
Edited by Alexandra Strauss ; directors of photography, Henry Adebonojo, Bill Ross, and Turner Ross ; music composed by Alexei Aigui ; James Baldwin material compiled and edited by Raoul Peck.
Academy Award Nomination for Best Documentary Feature, 2016.
