Edward Hendrickson is the Moving Image Intern for the Walker Art Center. After receiving his B.A. in French and Francophone Studies and Cinema and Media Studies from Carleton College in 2017, he’s happy to be involved in the art community of the Twin Cities.
“Because I’m Alive”: James Baldwin on Film
If the narcissism of white supremacy is the mark of anxiety, insecurity, guilt, and weakness—not an inborn condition but a latent desire projected onto the racial Other—then the titular rejection I Am Not Your Negro negates without alternative. It is simply a matter of fact, a reality, one that defies the established order of white supremacy as its modus operandi.