Writer James Baldwin tells the story of race in modern America with his unfinished novel, Remember This House.Writer James Baldwin tells the story of race in modern America with his unfinished novel, Remember This House.Writer James Baldwin tells the story of race in modern America with his unfinished novel, Remember This House.
- Nominated for 1 Oscar
- 36 wins & 53 nominations total
Samuel L. Jackson
- Narration
- (voice)
James Baldwin
- Self
- (archive footage)
Martin Luther King
- Self
- (archive footage)
Medgar Evers
- Self
- (archive footage)
Robert F. Kennedy
- Self
- (archive footage)
Harry Belafonte
- Self
- (archive footage)
Paul Weiss
- Self
- (archive footage)
Dick Cavett
- Self
- (archive footage)
H. Rap Brown
- Self - Black Panther Party
- (archive footage)
Leander Perez
- Self - White Citizens Council
- (archive footage)
Sidney Poitier
- Various Roles
- (archive footage)
Ray Charles
- Self
- (archive footage)
Doris Day
- Various Roles
- (archive footage)
Gary Cooper
- Frank Flannagan
- (archive footage)
Tony Curtis
- John 'Joker' Jackson
- (archive footage)
Clinton Rosemond
- Tump Redwine (clip from They Won't Forget (1937))
- (archive footage)
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Storyline
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- TriviaThe film is based on James Baldwin's 30-page unfinished manuscript for a novel. In a way, it "finishes" the work by incorporating other interviews and writings by Baldwin, and expanding on the themes through archival footage.
- Quotes
James Baldwin: Not everything that is faced can be changed. But nothing can be changed until it has been faced. History is not the past. It is the present. We carry our history with us. We are our history. If we pretend otherwise, we literally are criminals.
- ConnectionsFeatured in The Oscars (2017)
- SoundtracksThe Ballad of Birmingham
Written by Jerry Moore, Dudley Randall
© Melody Trails
Performed by the Tennessee State University Students (2006)
Music and Arrangement by Bransen Edwards
Piano by Steve Conn
Vocals by Santayana Harris & Kameka Word
Courtesy of Dr. Robert R. Bradley
Featured review
history is not the past, it is the present
There is so much to say about this film, too much that i cannot seem to wrap my head around it.
the images, the lines, the archival material, everything makes sense, how painful that may be. it has been an honour to see Baldwin talk, to notice his beautiful phrases and his loving and strong personality.
His words make this documentary another experience, it allows for admitting of mistakes and failures. it stops denial, he hands us the realisation that this issue does not go beyond us, it defines us.
'we carry our past everywhere we go' 'not everything that is faced can be changed, but nothing can be changed until it is faced'
#blacklivesmatter
the images, the lines, the archival material, everything makes sense, how painful that may be. it has been an honour to see Baldwin talk, to notice his beautiful phrases and his loving and strong personality.
His words make this documentary another experience, it allows for admitting of mistakes and failures. it stops denial, he hands us the realisation that this issue does not go beyond us, it defines us.
'we carry our past everywhere we go' 'not everything that is faced can be changed, but nothing can be changed until it is faced'
#blacklivesmatter
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- Remember This House
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Box office
- Gross US & Canada
- $7,123,919
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $686,378
- Feb 5, 2017
- Gross worldwide
- $8,345,298
- Runtime1 hour 33 minutes
- Color
- Aspect ratio
- 1.78 : 1
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